http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/ Shipwrecks, diving, underwater archaeology and science from around the world en-us 2008-05-10T18:24:30-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_central/#000551 We will be performing some scheduled maintenance on the Shipwreck Central server at 6:00 AM (AST) May 11. The site will not be available for approximately 1 hour. Thanks, SWC... Shipwreck Central livedive 2008-05-10T18:24:30-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_news/#000550 OCEAN UNCOVERS SHIPWRECK TREASURE IN DUNES COOS BAY — Several times a month, Glasgow resident Jack Hammar and his wife hop in their pickup truck and drive out to Coos Bay’s north spit, home to clams, beachcombing and the stern... Shipwreck News victoria 2008-02-08T12:45:38-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_news/#000549 ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News The final resting place of three German submarines found at the bottom of the Black Sea has been brought to the agenda of the Turkish media. The Sunday Telegraph reported that a team led by... Shipwreck News victoria 2008-02-07T12:43:00-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_news/#000548 Believe it or not, archeologists have located the sites of 2,000 ships that sank in China's territorial waters during the heyday of its marine trade. China was a major maritime power between the 10th and 16th centuries, and the great... Shipwreck News phil 2008-01-03T09:35:38-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_news/#000547 An international team of archeologists have found an ancient civilization in the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul high in Kyrgyz Mountains. The advanced civilization dates back to 25 centuries ago and includes major settlements currently sank under water. The... Shipwreck News victoria 2008-01-02T09:12:24-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_news/#000546 Shipwreck News victoria 2007-12-21T09:21:01-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_news/#000545 Shipwreck News victoria 2007-12-13T12:51:19-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_central/#000544 Ghostship of the Great Lakes part 4 When New York's most prominent shipyard, Bidwell and Banta, launched the Niagara in 1846, the vessel was one of the largest, fastest, and most luxurious steamboats the world had ever seen. Seeing the... Shipwreck Central victoria 2007-12-13T12:46:51-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_central/#000543 Ghostship of the Great Lakes Part 3 Mike and Warren prep for a deep dive in Lake Erie that requires commercial dive gear, including a dive helmet.... Shipwreck Central victoria 2007-12-10T13:19:01-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_central/#000542 At 6:00 a.m. on December 7th six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers, dive-bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters on Pearl Harbour. Caught off guard by the subsequent waves of attack within the first... Shipwreck Central victoria 2007-12-07T09:43:41-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_central/#000540 Ghostship of the Great Lakes Part 2 Mike and the dive team continue the search with a helmet dive on an unidentified wreck. Survivors of the Niagara disaster estimated that only 20 minutes elapsed between the outbreak of the fire... Shipwreck Central victoria 2007-12-07T09:35:47-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_central/#000541 On December 6, 1917, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the largest man-made explosion until the first atomic bomb occurred. At 8:45 in the morning a French ammunition ship, the Mont Blanc and the Norwegian cargo ship Imo collided in the narrows... Shipwreck Central victoria 2007-12-06T09:41:45-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_central/#000539 PLAY GHOSTSHIPS OF THE GREAT LAKES PART ONE For more than a century, the ship and its contents laid undisturbed, frozen in time. However, with the invention and popularization of scuba gear during the 1950s and 1960s, this suddenly changed.... Shipwreck Central victoria 2007-12-05T10:23:44-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/shipwreck_news/#000538 NY Times.com By DOUGLAS MARTIN J. Richard Steffy, who made his living as an electrical contractor until he was 48, then cast security aside to pursue his passion, studying shipwrecks, and become a leading a expert in the field, died... Shipwreck News victoria 2007-12-04T11:52:58-04:00 http://www.shipwreckcentral.com/livedive/archives/ocean_science/#000537 Kaitlin Shawgo www.idsnews.com The smell of chlorine fills the warm air as a couple of blurry masses move underwater. Scuba diving suits and other diving equipment hang on the wall in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation building.... Ocean Science victoria 2007-12-04T10:26:32-04:00