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400-year-old shipwreck 'discovery of decade' for Portugal

Catarina Demony, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 02:36 PM

CASCAIS, Portugal - Archaeologists searching Portugal's coast have found a 400-year-old shipwreck believed to have sunk near Lisbon after returning from India laden with spices, specialists said on Monday.   Read more »

Ormoc looks to boost tourism following discovery of WWII shipwrecks in bay

Jenette Ruedas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 09:05 PM

The city government of Ormoc is looking to boost local tourism and better educate students on local history following the recent discovery of wreckage of Japanese and American warships from World War 2 in the Ormoc Bay.  Read more »

5 Japanese warship, nadiskubre sa ilalim ng Surigao Strait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 03:08 AM

Nadiskubre sa ilalim ng karagatang sakop ng Surigao Strait ang limang barkong pandigma ng Japan. Read more »

US warship found 650 feet deep in Ormoc Bay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 06 11:45 PM

The team of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has found the wreckage of the first American warship that fired against a Japanese vessel during World War II. Read more »

UN says 239 migrants die in two shipwrecks off Libya

Tom Miles, Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 11:27 PM

GENEVA - At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday. Read more »