Naval history is full of fatal accidents and wartime losses . Even fuck that , it ’s astonishing to think that , according to a United Nations study , there are more than 3 million shipwreck on the ocean level . Of naturally , most of them will languish , unexplored and invisible forever , but , fortunately for us , many of them have been catalog and photographed . These are some of our favorites .
19th century shipwreck in northern Gulf of Mexico.
Photo : NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program
The wreckage of the American Star (SS America), Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
Photo : Wollex / Wikimedia Commons
The Dimitrios, at Laconia (near Gythio, Greece).
Photo : N1RK4UDSK714 / Wikipedia
LST Wreckage, submerged in waters of West Loch near Waipio Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
pic : Library Of Congress
Coastal steamer LAL-KI wrecked on Point Augusta, Alaska, c1917.
The infamousCosta Concordialies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio, Italy.
Photo : Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Images
Ushuaia harbour, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
Photo : Teo Romera
Off the island of Gramvousa, Crete, Greece.
Photo : Joachim S. Müller
Bay of Praia, Cape Verde, Africa.
Photo : David Gil
One of many shipwrecks around Port of Spain’s Harbour, Trinidad And Tobago.
pic : Mark Morgan
Quail Island, New Zealand.
picture : Greg Hewgill
The Maheno Shipwreck at Fraser Island, Australia.
Photo : Régis Matthey
Hawaii.
picture : pmm3
Winds Raking the husk of the SS Gairloch, Oakura, Taranaki, New Zealand
Photo : Dave Young
Panama.
Photo : Al Butler
Remains of the SS Falcon, Langdon Bay, Kent, United Kingdom.
picture : Squirmelia
Olivia. Ushuaia, Argentina.
Photo:*christopher *
Roatán, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras.
Photo : Steve Lyon
Shipwreck on the Mississippi, Lasalle, St. Louis, MO, US.
Photo : Paul Sableman
Western Sahara.
Photo : David Holt
Tarfaya, Morocco.
Photo : camera_obscura [ engaged ]
Where ships go to die: Ushuaia, Argentina.
Ushuaia, Argentina.
Photo : Jason Jones
Wrecked ship on the beach, Guam.
pic : leevin3
The Peter Iredale, Oregon.
Photo : Sarah Lynch
Jafrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Photo : Stéphane M. Grueso
The Lundoge and many more died at the infamous Shipwreck Beach, Praia Santiago, Angola.
Photo : mp3ief
The Panagia F. at Shipwreck Beach, Praia Santiago, Angola.
The Mary D. Hume abandoned on the Rogue River in Gold Beach, Oregon.
exposure : Brian Hoffman
Icelandic shipwreck.
pic : Ron Brinkmann
This list is far from complete . We invite you to bestow your favorite wrecked ship photo in the word part !
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