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Video: Exploring The “Caraquet” Shipwreck
A new video released by the Bermuda Department of Conservation Services explores the wreckage of the British mail steamship “Caraquet” which came to grief on the island’s reefs 90 years ago. Built in 1894, the 200-foot ship sank on June 25, 1923 in fog on a rough sea after a navigational miscalculation resulted in the ship being wrecked... Read more of this article
Dr. David Saul On “The Great Silver Rush”
Former Premier Dr. David Saul will explain how some $40 million worth of silver ingots were salvaged from a British ship torpedoed off the coast of Ireland in World War Two when he gives the latest lecture in the ongoing Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] “Citizen Scientist” series. Dr. Saul is a co-founder of Florida-based... Read more of this article
Exploring Wreck Of Civil War Blockade Runner
Bermuda’s Department of Conservation Services and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute take viewers on a guided tour of one of the island’s most intriguing shipwrecks in this recently posted video. An elusive ship of multiple identities, most often operating under the names “Nola”, “Gloria”, “Paramount”... Read more of this article
Bermuda Wreck Is An “Accidental Sculpture”
A rusting Bermuda wreck peeking out of the island’s waters is included in a Huffington Post slideshow today [Apr. 16] illustrating the “undeniable beauty” to be found in ruins. Titled “Abandoned Places: 20 Hauntingly Beautiful Images Of Forgotten Locations”, the website says “as forgotten spaces are neglected and... Read more of this article
Exploring Bermuda’s Most Famous Shipwreck
She remains the most famous of the hundreds of ships to have come to grief on Bermuda’s reefs — the four-masted, 192-foot long wooden hulled schooner “Constellation” immortalised in Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel “The Deep” and the subsequent 1977 film adaptation. Built and launched in 1918, in July, 1943... Read more of this article
Bermuda International Shipwreck Conference
The Department of Conservation Services, Government of Bermuda and the Historic Wrecks Authority will present the 2012 Bermuda International Shipwreck Conference at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on East Broadway on the 3rd of November, from 9am till 5pm. Topics include: Historic Wrecks Authority – Role and Responsibilities The... Read more of this article
Upcoming: International Shipwreck Conference
The Department of Conservation Services, Government of Bermuda and the Historic Wrecks Authority will be hosting the 2012 Bermuda International Shipwreck Conference to be held at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, East Broadway on the 3rd of November, from 9.00am till 5.00pm. Topics will include Historic Wrecks Authority – Role and... Read more of this article
Museum Exhibit ‘Shipwreck Island’ Opens
On Thursday [Sept 13] the ribbon cutting ceremony and formal opening of the Bermuda National Museum’s new exhibit “Shipwreck Island: Sunken Clues to Bermuda’s Past” was held in Dockyard. Public Works Minister Minister Weeks said: “Shipwrecks are one of Bermuda’s most important cultural resources. They are underwater museums... Read more of this article
Odyssey To Recover Silver From Shipwrecks
U.S. based Odyssey Marine Exploration, co-founded by former Bermuda Premier Dr. David Saul, announced that the M/V Seabed Worker has departed port and is on its way to begin operations to recover the anticipated silver cargoes from the SS Gairsoppa and SS Mantola shipwrecks off the south west coast of the Republic of Ireland. Historical records indicate... Read more of this article
Weapons Of The ‘Warwick’ Wreck
On October 20, 1619, en route to Jamestown, Virginia, the magazine ship “Warwick” belonging to Earl of Warwick Robert Rich [1587–1658] — reportedly used to fight off the Spanish Armada in 1588 — made a scheduled stop in Bermuda. After completing the first stretch of the voyage it had to re-provision, discharge some of the cargo... Read more of this article
$500M Of Sunken Treasure Returns To Spain
[Updated] A $500 million haul of gold and silver coins salvaged from a Spanish ship that sunk 200 years ago is heading from the US to Spain after five years of legal wrangling. US firm Odyssey Marine Exploration — co-founded by former Bermuda Premier Dr. David Saul — found the treasure in a wreck off Portugal’s Atlantic coast in 2007. However... Read more of this article
Videos: TCM Celebrates ‘The Deep’
Turner Classic Movies [TCM] has recently been celebrating the underwater thriller “The Deep”, director Peter Yates’ cinematic adaptation of the Peter Benchley bestseller shot largely on location in Bermuda in the summer of 1976. In a long retrospective at the TCM website, film historian Andrea Passafiume — who works for the... Read more of this article
Ex-BUEI Director Top Boston Citizen
The former executive director of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] has been named runner-up Bostonian of the Year by one of that Massachusetts city’s leading newspapers. Nancy Brennan, who helmed the East Broadway maritime facility in the late 1990s, has been executive director of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway since 2005.... Read more of this article
Benchley: Romance Of Bermuda’s Wrecks
He once said Teddy Tucker brought the world to Bermuda and Bermuda to the world. But novelist and ocean explorer Peter Benchley [pictured] deserves no small degree of credit for arranging the introduction. The one-time White House speechwriter and “National Geographic” correspondent played a large role in nudging the Bermudian adventurer... Read more of this article
Senator: ‘Staying Competitive In Tourism’
Bermuda’s attendance at global travel exposition in London this month underscored how much work the island has to do to remain competitive in an increasingly cut-throat market, the new Junior Tourism Minister told the Senate today [Nov.23]. Senator Vincent Ingham said Bermuda’s delegation to the World Travel Market Exhibition — led... Read more of this article
New Teddy Tucker Book’s A ‘Treasure’ Trove!
Diver Teddy Tucker is renowned around the world for his treasure-hunting adventures while Bermudians have long considered him a national treasure. As “Jaws” author Peter Benchley once said, Teddy Tucker’s legendary undersea exploits helped bring Bermuda to the attention of the world — and helped to bring the world to Bermuda. Now... Read more of this article
