Underwater

Information on the Nautical Archaeology Program and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Conservation and preservation laboratories, projects, research.

A group of volunteers who conserve, preserve, and protect the maritime heritage lying beneath British Columbia's coastal and inland waters.

A volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the study and preservation of Lake Michigan shipwrecks.

Features a comprehensive shipwreck database and list of the greatest maritime disasters. Partly fee-based, but searching for one specific vessel is free.

David Bloch discusses the importance of salt sources and routes to the Romans, suggesting that Ostia's salt-beds were crucial to its siting. Also mentions the Romano-British Fenland and sea-level changes.

PIT utilizes readily available computer software and hardware to visually document underwater cultural and biological resources. Examples of this technique.

Historic Shipwreck 1942.

Provides the story, which Hitler tried to quash, of the world's deadliest shipwreck.

1906 steamboat recovered after 50 years on the bottom of Minnesota Lake. Restored and now operating on Lake Minnetonka as a nonprofit museum. Unique Streetcar on hull.

In 1855, this vessel was wrecked in a dramatic disaster in Mendocino Harbor, California, which resulted in the loss of three vessels.

Article by Katja Huebner on this screw steamer, wrecked off Point Sur, California in 1894.

Account of the wreck of this brig off Monterey in 1834.

Wikipedia article on this Royal Navy ship of the line which was run aground in 1781 at Culloden Point, Montauk, NY, USA to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy.