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This historic shipwreck tells the story of Germany's increasing naval strength in the late-19th century at a time when Britain and Germany were on friendly terms, the SMS Grosser Kurfürst is important as the only non-Royal Naval warship recorded as wrecked in English waters for the period 1860 -- 1913. – Duncan Wilson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This kind of archaeological work is painstaking and difficult under any circumstances, but the physical conditions of this particular site — zero visibility, high currents and potential entanglements — made this an especially difficult shipwreck to work on. – Dave Conlin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I am very saddened by the shipwreck of a pirogue on( Monday) April 15 on Lake Kivu. The provisional toll is 150 people missing. – Felix Tshisekedi	Found on CNN 5 years ago
With an interim report due to be delivered within a month of the accident, authorities have expressed hopes a remote underwater vehicle provides evidence. FRENCH SOCCER CLUB DEMAND PAYMENT OVER $ 19M EMILIANO SALA TRANSFER AS DIVERS SEARCH FOR HIS BODY The formal search was called off within three days of the plane disappearing from radar last month. It took a campaign by Salas family to raise funds for a private search by American-born, shipwreck-hunting specialist David Mearns, who located the aircraft within hours on Sunday in conjunction with air crash investigators. David Mearns told BBC Radio Wales that finding the pilots body would be difficult. Ive been involved in operations when people were lost and the bodies were found days and weeks after, not far from where they were lost. – David Mearns	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The latest shipwreck is proof that if you reopen the ports more people will die. – Matteo Salvini	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Initial investigations in the 1990s dated the shipwreck to the mid - to late 13th century, but we’ve found evidence that it’s probably a century older than that, eight hundred years ago, someone put a label on these ceramics that essentially says ‘ Made in China ’ — because of the particular place mentioned, we’re able to date this shipwreck better. – Lisa Niziolek	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This was a time when Chinese merchants became more active in maritime trade, more reliant upon oversea routes than on the overland Silk Road, the shipwreck occurred at a time of important transition. – Lisa Niziolek	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The treasures that this shipwreck has revealed since 1984, since Barry Clifford discovered the wreck, has been enormous, the mother lode of treasure still has yet to be found. – Casey Sherman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
People say' you're a hero,' but this isn't heroism, it's the normal thing to do when Fisherman Stratis Valiamos're fishing and a boat is sinking next to Fisherman Stratis Valiamos and they're screaming for help, Fisherman Stratis Valiamos can't pretend to not hear them, he said. In October, a shipwreck where more than 240 people were rescued took place among. – Fisherman Stratis Valiamos	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They're sort of symbols for the Chesapeake Bay in a sense and a symbol for what the environmental movement can do when they put their minds to it, to be able to see them on every dock, post and shipwreck in the Chesapeake is heartening and a story of great educational value for the public at large. – Joel Dunn	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I said,' Of course Anna and Elsa's parents didn't die,' yes, there was a shipwreck, but they were at sea a little bit longer than we think they were, because the mother was pregnant, and she gave birth on the boat, to a little boy. – Chris Buck	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Policymakers in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain said this kind of large-scale mission encourages people to cross and leads to more lives lost. But after the big shipwreck in April they changed their minds, they are now spending more money on something which a few months ago they said would cost lives. It's irresponsible to make these major policy decisions without asking whether the factual assumptions are right. – Thomas Spijkerboer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected. – Kobi Sharvit	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The discovery of such a large hoard of coins that had such tremendous economic power in antiquity raises several possibilities regarding its presence on the seabed, there is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected. – Kobi Sharvit	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I didn't go down there with the expectation of seeing a shipwreck — I can tell you that. – Kevin Dykstra	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Two lovers watch themselves, it’s a shipwreck by fire. (Se regardent deux amoureux : - C'est un naufrage par le feu.) – Charles de LEUSSE	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Old age is a shipwreck. – Charles de Gaulle	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. – Francis Bacon	added by anonymous 10 years ago

This historic shipwreck tells the story of Germany's increasing naval strength in the late-19th century at a time when Britain and Germany were on friendly terms, the SMS Grosser Kurfürst is important as the only non-Royal Naval warship recorded as wrecked in English waters for the period 1860 -- 1913.

– Duncan Wilson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This kind of archaeological work is painstaking and difficult under any circumstances, but the physical conditions of this particular site — zero visibility, high currents and potential entanglements — made this an especially difficult shipwreck to work on.

– Dave Conlin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I am very saddened by the shipwreck of a pirogue on( Monday) April 15 on Lake Kivu. The provisional toll is 150 people missing.

– Felix Tshisekedi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

With an interim report due to be delivered within a month of the accident, authorities have expressed hopes a remote underwater vehicle provides evidence. FRENCH SOCCER CLUB DEMAND PAYMENT OVER $ 19M EMILIANO SALA TRANSFER AS DIVERS SEARCH FOR HIS BODY The formal search was called off within three days of the plane disappearing from radar last month. It took a campaign by Salas family to raise funds for a private search by American-born, shipwreck-hunting specialist David Mearns, who located the aircraft within hours on Sunday in conjunction with air crash investigators. David Mearns told BBC Radio Wales that finding the pilots body would be difficult. Ive been involved in operations when people were lost and the bodies were found days and weeks after, not far from where they were lost.

– David Mearns

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The latest shipwreck is proof that if you reopen the ports more people will die.

– Matteo Salvini

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Initial investigations in the 1990s dated the shipwreck to the mid - to late 13th century, but we’ve found evidence that it’s probably a century older than that, eight hundred years ago, someone put a label on these ceramics that essentially says ‘ Made in China ’ — because of the particular place mentioned, we’re able to date this shipwreck better.

– Lisa Niziolek

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

This was a time when Chinese merchants became more active in maritime trade, more reliant upon oversea routes than on the overland Silk Road, the shipwreck occurred at a time of important transition.

– Lisa Niziolek

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The treasures that this shipwreck has revealed since 1984, since Barry Clifford discovered the wreck, has been enormous, the mother lode of treasure still has yet to be found.

– Casey Sherman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

People say' you're a hero,' but this isn't heroism, it's the normal thing to do when Fisherman Stratis Valiamos're fishing and a boat is sinking next to Fisherman Stratis Valiamos and they're screaming for help, Fisherman Stratis Valiamos can't pretend to not hear them, he said. In October, a shipwreck where more than 240 people were rescued took place among.

– Fisherman Stratis Valiamos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They're sort of symbols for the Chesapeake Bay in a sense and a symbol for what the environmental movement can do when they put their minds to it, to be able to see them on every dock, post and shipwreck in the Chesapeake is heartening and a story of great educational value for the public at large.

– Joel Dunn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I said,' Of course Anna and Elsa's parents didn't die,' yes, there was a shipwreck, but they were at sea a little bit longer than we think they were, because the mother was pregnant, and she gave birth on the boat, to a little boy.

– Chris Buck

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Policymakers in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain said this kind of large-scale mission encourages people to cross and leads to more lives lost. But after the big shipwreck in April they changed their minds, they are now spending more money on something which a few months ago they said would cost lives. It's irresponsible to make these major policy decisions without asking whether the factual assumptions are right.

– Thomas Spijkerboer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected.

– Kobi Sharvit

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The discovery of such a large hoard of coins that had such tremendous economic power in antiquity raises several possibilities regarding its presence on the seabed, there is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected.

– Kobi Sharvit

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I didn't go down there with the expectation of seeing a shipwreck — I can tell you that.

– Kevin Dykstra

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Two lovers watch themselves, it’s a shipwreck by fire. (Se regardent deux amoureux : - C'est un naufrage par le feu.)

– Charles de LEUSSE

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Old age is a shipwreck.

– Charles de Gaulle

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

– Francis Bacon

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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