25 abandoned ships from around the world
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/25-abandoned-ships-from-around-the-world.htmlThe United Nations estimates that there are more than 3 million shipwrecked ships worldwide. These once majestic vessels, which today lie at the bottom of the sea or are located on the coast, are a reminder that nothing in our world is eternal. Once these ships sailed the seas, and now they serve as a sad reminder of the days of the past.
Once a Soviet-flagged vessel off the coast of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, in the southeastern part of the Bahamas.
Off the coast of the island of Fuerteventura — one of the Big Canary four. (WOLLEX)
Gitio is now a small fishing town, which in ancient times was the main port of Sparta. (JUSTELINE)
Zakynthos island in the Ionian Sea. (TO GIAN)
In Oregon. (MATT CONWELL)
Vila Nova de Milfontes in Portugal. (FRANK ZILLMANN)
Location unknown. (DARTH)
The Redcliffe Peninsula in Australia. (GORKATH)
Grytviken, South Georgia. (NOAA PHOTO LIBRARY)
Truk Lagoon in Micronesia. During the Second World War, a large Japanese naval military base was located on the nearby islands. On February 17, 1944, the Americans launched Operation Hilston, which resulted in the sinking of more than 30 large and many small Japanese ships. (GH0STDOT)
Off the coast of Grand Cayman — the largest of the Cayman Islands. (HAWKFISH)
Tobermory, Ontario, Canada. (ALIJA BOS)
And again the waters of the Truk Lagoon in Micronesia. (GH0STDOT)
Batumi, Georgia. (RICHARD BARTZ)
Crainboogle Point in the United Kingdom. (LAIRD TURNER)
Off the coast of Italy. (Klaus Leidorf)
Mar del Plata, Argentina. (MISSALIONA)
Grytviken, South Georgia. (SERGE OUACHEE)
Muynak in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. (ISSALIONA)
In the Red Sea. (JOOS J. BAKKER)
The waters off the coast of the Norwegian city and municipality of Tromso.
Laconia in the south of the Greek Peloponnese peninsula.
Fraser is a sandy island off the east coast of Australia.
Amorgos is an island in Greece, in the southern part of the Aegean Sea.
Saint Lawrence Island is an island in the southern part of the Bering Strait, 80 km from the Chukotka Peninsula.
Keywords: Island | Ship | World | Abandoned
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