Shipwrecks

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine salvage firm Resolve Marine will begin one of the UK’s most sensitive wreck salvage projects in September when it starts removing three masts that have become an iconic sight for residents on the Thames Estuary.

14th July 2026

Bomb-laden WWII wreck to have masts removed after 82 years

14th July 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

An abandoned, burnt-out LNG tanker adrift in the Mediterranean since early March has highlighted the difficulties facing salvors when commercial shipping becomes embroiled in war.

8th May 2026

FEATURE: A drifting LNG hulk that no one wants

8th May 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

Despite fears being raised over the risk of the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery lying laden with explosives off the coat of Kent, recent surveys have shown she remains stable.

27th March 2026

FEATURE: ​Living next to an explosive WW2 wreck

27th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Passage planning risks were not considered before a motor vessel escorting a swim relay team around the Isle of Wight grounded, the MAIB has found.

25th July 2024

Flawed navigation led to grounding – report

25th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Around 1,400 tons of explosives remain on the wreck of a World War II cargo ship that still lies on the seabed off the coast of eastern England.

18th July 2024

1,400 tons of explosive remain on WWII wreck – survey

18th July 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Remarkable 3D imagery has been published showing precise details of ships wrecked as they tried to evacuate troops from Dunkirk during World War II.

18th October 2023

Dunkirk shipwrecks pictured in new 3D images

18th October 2023

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

US-based salvor Resolve Marine has recovered fuel oil from a tanker sunk by a German submarine nearly 80 years ago, 70 miles off Florida.

1st February 2022

Historic fuel removal task for Resolve

1st February 2022

OCEAN SCIENCES

OCEAN SCIENCES

Italian researchers have found a community of 114 species of invertebrates on a priceless underwater archeological artifact.

22nd December 2021

Over 100 species found living on small part of 2,200-year-old shipwreck

22nd December 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Norwegian aggregate supplier Yeoman Halsvik has helped to stabilise the wreck of a World War II submarine outside the island of Fedje on the west coast of Norway.

1st February 2017

Submarine wreck entombed

1st February 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage along with Mammoet Salvage have completed the complex wreck removal of a sunken car carrier that was presenting environmental and navigation risks to Europe’s largest port.

1st January 2016

Smit and Mammoet complete wreck removal

1st January 2016