Almost exactly a year ago, we posted that Odyssey Marine Exploration had recovered approximately 48 tons of silver from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, a 412-foot British cargo ship which was torpedoed in February of 1941 by a German U-boat. The wreck lies almost three miles below the surface and is one of the most valuable and deepest ship wrecks ever salvaged. Odyssey has recently announced that they have now recovered an additional 61 tons of silver bullion from the shipwreck.
Odyssey Recovers 1.8 Million Ounces of Silver From Shipwreck Three Miles Deep
Are Somali pirates and their affiliates using Facebook to organize and support ship hijackings? Experts at the United Nations say that this is the case and complain that Facebook has been ignoring their requests for information on Facebook accounts belonging to individuals involved in hijackings and hostage-taking.
After a five year restoration, the 1841 built whaleship 
An Italian court has convicted five people of manslaughter related to the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in January 2012, which killed 32 passengers and crew. Each of the five agreed to plea bargains and none may serving jail time. Captain Schettino is being tried separately. His trial is ongoing.
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Two groups on opposite coasts of the United States are frantically working to save the 1895 built, 
At the end of last October, the South Street Museum’s Waterfront Director, Captain Jonathan Boulware, and his crew of staff and volunteers scrambled to secure the museum’s historic ships, including two aged windjammers, moored on the East River, before they were struck by Superstorm’s Sandy’s storm surge. They successfully kept the ships afloat and undamaged. Sadly, the same could not be said of the seaport itself or the shore-based Seaport Museum which suffered an estimated $22 million in damage.