Category Archives: Historic shipwrecks

The Titanic

By Research History | Published April 7
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The Titanic starts off on her first and last voyage, leaving Queenstown, now Cobh, Ireland, on April 10, 1912. Why the Titanic fascinates more than other disasters – CNN.com By Stephen D. Cox , Special to CNN 2012-04-06T12:25:02Z CNN.com Editor’s note: Stephen D. Cox is professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego, [...]

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Blackbeard’s Anchor Recovered

By Research History | Published May 28
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By MARTHA WAGGONER Associated Press MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. May 27, 2011 (AP) Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what’s believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 300-year-old artifacts from the central [...]

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