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Illustration of the SS Savannah, the first steam-powered ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, originally published in a February 1877 issue of ‘Harper’s New Monthly Magazine.’ A piece of flotsam that washed up in New York off Fire Island after Tropical Storm Ian might be a piece of the famed ship, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which regards it as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright office before January 1, 1928.

Flotsam found off New York may be from Steamship Savannah wrecked in 1820

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Illustration of the SS Savannah, the first steam-powered ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, originally published in a February 1877 issue of ‘Harper’s New Monthly Magazine.’ A piece of flotsam that washed up in New York off Fire Island after Tropical Storm Ian might be a piece of the famed ship, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which regards it as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright office before January 1, 1928.

Illustration of the SS Savannah, the first steam-powered ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, originally published in a February 1877 issue of ‘Harper’s New Monthly Magazine.’ A piece of flotsam that washed up in New York off Fire Island after Tropical Storm Ian might be a piece of the famed ship, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which regards it as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright office before January 1, 1928.

NEW YORK (AP) – A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the SS Savannah, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821, two years after it became the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean partly under steam power.

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Johnson and Ward’s 1864 map of Florida, showing Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach Shores, in light pink on the upper Atlantic Coast. Beach erosion caused by hurricanes Ian and Nicole has apparently revealed a circa-1800s shipwreck in Daytona Beach Shores. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which deems it a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional work of art in the public domain.

Florida beach erosion uncovers wooden ship from 1800s

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Johnson and Ward’s 1864 map of Florida, showing Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach Shores, in light pink on the upper Atlantic Coast. Beach erosion caused by hurricanes Ian and Nicole has apparently revealed a circa-1800s shipwreck in Daytona Beach Shores. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which deems it a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional work of art in the public domain.

Johnson and Ward’s 1864 map of Florida, showing Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach Shores, in light pink on the upper Atlantic Coast. Beach erosion caused by hurricanes Ian and Nicole has apparently revealed a circa-1800s shipwreck in Daytona Beach Shores. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which deems it a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional work of art in the public domain.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (AP) – Severe beach erosion from two late-season hurricanes has helped uncover what appears to be a wooden ship dating from the 1800s, which had been buried under the sand on Florida’s East Coast for up to two centuries, impervious to cars that drove daily on the beach or sand castles built by generations of tourists.

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The bow of the Vasa, a Swedish warship that sunk during its maiden voyage in 1628. Salvaged in 1961, it is now on display in a namesake museum in Stockholm. Swedish marine archeologists announced they have located the wreck of the Applet (Apple), Vasa’s sister ship. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jorge Lascar. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Swedes find 17th century sister vessel to famed Vasa warship

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The bow of the Vasa, a Swedish warship that sunk during its maiden voyage in 1628. Salvaged in 1961, it is now on display in a namesake museum in Stockholm. Swedish marine archeologists announced they have located the wreck of the Applet (Apple), Vasa’s sister ship. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jorge Lascar. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Pictured is the bow of the Vasa, a Swedish warship that sank during its maiden voyage in 1628. Salvaged in 1961, it is now on display in a namesake museum in Stockholm. Swedish marine archaeologists announced they have located the wreck of the Applet (Apple), Vasa’s sister ship. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jorge Lascar. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

STOCKHOLM (AP) – Marine archaeologists in Sweden say they have found the sister vessel of a famed 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage and is now on display in a popular Stockholm museum.

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Johan Danckerts’s circa-1682 work, ‘The Wreck of the ‘Gloucester’ off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682.’ About 130 people died in the catastrophe, but the Duke of York survived and later ascended to the English and Irish throne as King James II and the Scottish throne as James VII. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from the collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich. The Wikimedia Foundation regards the work as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Wreck of 17th-century royal warship found off UK coast

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Johan Danckerts’s circa-1682 work, ‘The Wreck of the ‘Gloucester’ off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682.’ About 130 people died in the catastrophe, but the Duke of York survived and later ascended to the English and Irish throne as King James II and the Scottish throne as James VII. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from the collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich. The Wikimedia Foundation regards the work as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Johan Danckerts’s circa-1682 work, ‘The Wreck of the ‘Gloucester’ off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682.’ At least 130 people died in the catastrophe, but the Duke of York survived and later ascended to the English and Irish throne as King James II and the Scottish throne as James VII. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from the collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich. The Wikimedia Foundation regards the work as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

LONDON (AP) – Explorers and historians are telling the world about the discovery of the wreck of a royal warship that sank in 1682 while carrying a future king of England, Ireland and Scotland.

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