The Shipwrecks of the World Data Base

Name of Vessel	Country of Origin	Destination	Location & Date of Wreck	Cause of the shipwreck	Survivors/ Casualties	Other Facts

S.S. Central America	Panama	New York	Sept.12, 1857 off the coast of Charleston, SC (USA) 32N 77W	The ship got caught in a hurricane and lost power.	425 died, 153 survivors	The Central America went down carrying 3 tons of gold. Wreck site discovered by Tommy Thompson and crew.
Senora Nuestra de Atocha	Spain	The Atocha was one of the ships in the Spanish fleet returning to Spain with treasures from the New World	1715 off the coast of Florida (USA)	The ship sank during a hurricane.	unknown	Wreck site discovered by Mel Fisher and crew in 1985.
RMS Titanic	England	The ship was en route from Southampton, England to New York in the United States.	April 14, 1912 off the coast of Newfoundland.	The ship struck an iceberg which caused a breach in watertight compartments.	More than 1500 passengers and crew were lost in he sinking of the Titanic.	Wreck site found in 1985 and explored by Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
H.L. Hunley (Confederate Submarine)	Confederate States of America	The submarine was patrolling southern waters off the coast of the Carolinas during the Civil War.	In shallow water off Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina (USA) on February 17, 1864.	Confederate submarine, Hunley sank shortly after ramming the Union warship, the USS Housatonic using a harpoon torpedo mounted on the bow of the vessel.	The Hunley carried a crew of 9 sailors. All were lost in the sinking.	The Hunley is a priceless treasure because of her historical importance. She was the first submarine successfully used in wartime and was one of the very first submarines.
Queen Anne's Revenge	The QAR was the flagship of the pirate, Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach.	The QAR was a pirate ship that threatened all vessels in the coastal waters of the Carolinas.	The QAR ran aground on a sandbar in shallow waters off the coast of Beaufort, NC (USA) in June of 1718.	It is believed that the QAR ran aground while sailing in waters known as The Graveyard of the Atlantic. Because of the many shipwrecks off the coast, NC became home to many famous lighthouses.	It is thought that when the QAR ran aground, another of Blackbeard's ships (The Adventure) may have tried to rescue QAR but may also have sunk. Apparently the crew survived.	Historians do not expect to find any "treasure" other than that of her history because it is reported that all valuable treasures were removed before she sank.
U.S.S. Monitor			The Monitor sank off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC (USA) in March, 1862.	The Monitor sank in a gale (hurricane like storm).

Shipwrecks of the World Data Base

Name of Vessel

Country of Origin

Destination

Location & Date of Wreck

Cause of the shipwreck

Survivors/ Casualties

Other Facts

S.S. Central America

Panama

New York

Sept.12, 1857 off the coast of Charleston, SC (USA)

32N 77W

The ship got caught in a hurricane and lost power.

425 died,

153 survivors

The Central America went down carrying 3 tons of gold. Wreck site discovered by Tommy Thompson and crew.

Senora Nuestra de Atocha

Spain

The Atocha was one of the ships in the Spanish fleet returning to Spain with treasures from the New World

1715 off the coast of Florida (USA)

The ship sank during a hurricane.

unknown

Wreck site discovered by Mel Fisher and crew in 1985.

RMS Titanic

England

The ship was en route from Southampton, England to New York in the United States.

April 14, 1912 off the coast of Newfoundland.

The ship struck an iceberg which caused a breach in watertight compartments.

More than 1500 passengers and crew were lost in he sinking of the Titanic.

Wreck site found in 1985 and explored by Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

H.L. Hunley

(Confederate Submarine)

Confederate States of America

The submarine was patrolling southern waters off the coast of the Carolinas during the Civil War.

In shallow water off Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina (USA) on February 17, 1864.

Confederate submarine, Hunley sank shortly after ramming the Union warship, the USS Housatonic using a harpoon torpedo mounted on the bow of the vessel.

The Hunley carried a crew of 9 sailors. All were lost in the sinking.

The Hunley is a priceless treasure because of her historical importance. She was the first submarine successfully used in wartime and was one of the very first submarines.

Queen Anne's Revenge

The QAR was the flagship of the pirate, Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach.

The QAR was a pirate ship that threatened all vessels in the coastal waters of the Carolinas.

The QAR ran aground on a sandbar in shallow waters off the coast of Beaufort, NC (USA) in June of 1718.

It is believed that the QAR ran aground while sailing in waters known as The Graveyard of the Atlantic. Because of the many shipwrecks off the coast, NC became home to many famous lighthouses.

It is thought that when the QAR ran aground, another of Blackbeard's ships (The Adventure) may have tried to rescue QAR but may also have sunk. Apparently the crew survived.

Historians do not expect to find any "treasure" other than that of her history because it is reported that all valuable treasures were removed before she sank.

U.S.S. Monitor

The Monitor sank off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC (USA) in March, 1862.

The Monitor sank in a gale (hurricane like storm).

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