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Oct. 11, 2023: The HURONTON located in Lake Superior. Shipwreck Society Discovers a World War One Era Steel Bulk Freighter 100 Years after it sinks.

Oct. 6, 2023: Documentary filmmakers find 1895 steamship wreck [AFRICA?] in Lake Huron.

Sept. 27, 2023: Harrowing stories resurface in newly discovered Lake Superior shipwreck [HENRY STEINBRENNER].

Sept. 16, 2023: Dive Report - Lake Erie Steamer Merida - by Jack Papes.

Aug. 31, 2023: On July 15th, 2023, Wisconsin Maritime Historians Brendon Baillod and Bob Jaeck located the intact remains of the 156 year old schooner TRINIDAD in nearly 300 feet of water off Algoma, Wisconsin as the result of a deliberate search.

July 11, 2023: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovers the tug SATELLITE.

April 11, 2023: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society Finds 2 of the 3 Lost Vessels that Disappeared over a Century Ago [C.F. CURTIS and SELDON E. MARVIN].

Feb. 8, 2023: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society Discovers a “Bad Luck Barquentine” in the Shipwreck Coast of Lake Superior [NUCLEUS].

Nov. 7, 2022: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovers Barge 129, 120 years after accident.

Mar. 9, 2022: The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is pleased to confirm that the Endurance22 Expedition has located the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.

Mar. 3, 2022: The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) is excited to announce the discovery of the 172-foot schooner-barge Atlanta.

Dec. 5, 2021: In the Spring of 2021, veteran shipwreck hunters Joe Van Wagnen and Mark Gammage located the remains of the passenger/freight Propeller CHALLENGE in northern Lake Huron.

Dec. 11, 2020: Article released by Brendon Baillod on the Civil War Era Schooners AUGUSTUS HANDY and NIGHTINGALE discovered in Lake Huron by Joe Van Wagnen and Mark Gammage.

Dec. 10, 2020: Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS) and the crew of researchers on the D/V Tenacious on Thursday announced the discovery of the WWI era, US submarine known simply as R-8 off the coast of Ocean City. .

Dec. 8, 2020: Presentation by Brendon Baillod: A History of Great Lakes Vessel Photography.

Dec. 5, 2020: Divers Find Nazis' Enigma Code Machine in Baltic Sea.

Nov. 23, 2020: www.n2junkie.com Website Redesign Announcement.

Nov. 19, 2020: 1885 Shipwreck 'Jarvis Lord' discovered, identified in Lake Michigan by Ross Richardson and Team.

Sept. 8, 2020: Ken Merryman and Jerry Eliason announce their discovery of the Pere Marquette 18 in Lake Michigan.

June 12, 2020: Great Lakes Shipwrecks LIVE! - Brendon Baillod Interview with Lake Erie Shipwreck Researchers Mike & Georgann Wachter.

April 15, 2020: Great Lakes Shipwrecks LIVE! - Brendon Baillod Interview with Lake Erie Shipwreck Researcher Tom Kowalczyk.

Nov. 12, 2019: Ross Richardson and team announnce the discovery of the schooner W.C. Kimball in Lake Michigan near South Manitou Island.

May 3, 2018: Historians name 2 Indian Ocean 19th century shipwrecks located during the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search. Either Brig W. GORDON (lost 1876) -or- Barque MAGDALA (lost 1882) and the Barque WEST RIDGE (1869-1883)
(See Also Immediately Below Linked Archaeological Report)

April 2018: Maritime archaeological analysis of two historic shipwrecks located during the MH370 aircraft search in over 2.3 miles [3700m] of seawater; Anderson, Ross; Report No. 322—-Department of Maritime Archaeology Western Australian Museum.

March 15, 2018: NMGL announces Rob Ruetschle's discovery of the steamer Margaret Olwill lost in Lake Erie off Lorain, Ohio in 1899.

October 10, 2017: Discovery and Exploration of the SS William H. Machen off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

August 19, 2017: A team of civilian researchers led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has announced they have found the wreck of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35) which was lost July 30, 1945.

October 21, 2017: Bay Area Diver's Annual "Shipwrecks and Scuba" Conference to be held at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio.

July 16, 2017: Dive Report - Andrea Doria Expedition.

October 2016: David Trotter announces the discovery of the schooners Venus and Montezuma in Lake Huron.

August 17, 2016: Rare 18th Century Sloop Washington Discovered in Lake Ontario by Jim Kennard, Roger Pawlowski, and Roland Stevens.

October 21, 2015: Mid-19th Century Steamship Bay State Discovered in Lake Ontario by Jim Kennard and Roger Pawlowski.

August 28, 2015: Cleveland Underwater Explorers (CLUE) announces the discovery and identification of the tank barge ARGO off of Kelley's Island.

July 22, 2015: Dive Team announces the discovery of the wooden steamer Alice E. Wilds in 300 feet of water off of Milwaukee, WI.

Sept. 16, 2014: Cleveland Underwater Explorers (CLUE) announces the discovery and identification of the 2-masted schooner Plymouth off of Cleveland.

Sept. 8, 2014: Early 1800’s Dagger-board Schooner Discovered in Lake Ontario by Jim Kennard, Roger Pawlowski, and Roland Stevens.

Sept. 8, 2014: Tragic shipwreck of the schooner Nelson discovered off Lake Superior's South Shore by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS).

December 9, 2013: Undersea Research Associates (URA) Announce Discovery of the Sidewheel Steamer Keystone State Lost in 1861.

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