Malaysia’s maritime agency has detained a Chinese barge carrier for illegal anchoring and found it was carrying a cannon shell believed to be from British warship wrecks in the South China Sea. The agency said the ship was registered in Fuzhou, China, and it was detained at around 12:45 p.m. local time on Sunday for…
Malaysia Arrests Chinese Ship Suspected of Plundering British Warship Wrecks
DNA: Woman Was on Famed 17th Century Swedish Warship
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A U.S. military laboratory has helped Swedes confirm what was suspected for years: A woman was among those who died on a 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage, the museum that displays the ship said Tuesday. The wreck of the royal warship Vasa was raised in 1961, and was remarkably well-preserved after…
Indonesia Sends Warship to Monitor Chinese Coast Guard Vessel
JAKARTA—Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area, the country’s naval chief said on Saturday of an area that both countries claim as their own. Ship tracking data shows the vessel, CCG 5901, has been sailing in…
US Warship Sails Through Sensitive Taiwan Strait
WASHINGTON—A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which has riled China. In recent years, U.S. warships, and on occasion those from allied nations such as Britain and Canada, have sailed through the strait, drawing the ire of the Chinese communist regime,…
Navy Commander Defends Need for 15 New Warships as Ottawa Reassesses Costs
The head of the Royal Canadian Navy is admitting to some worries that the military’s ability to operate with only 12 frigates in recent years could be used as a way to justify permanently shrinking the size of Canada’s maritime fleet. But Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says some of the navy’s current limitations, which includes an…
Busted Generator Forces Canadian Warship to Quit Mission to High Arctic: Navy
A mechanical breakdown has forced one of Canada’s newest warships to abandon a mission to the Arctic. HMCS Harry DeWolf was en route to join Operation Nanook in the Far North when one of its four diesel generators failed on Wednesday, The Royal Canadian Navy confirmed Friday. As a result, the ship was turned around…
Dive Photographer Explores Haunting Sunken Battleship-Reef With Schools of Fish off Thai Island
There’s something about a shipwreck that seems frozen in time. Photographer Guntaphat Pokasasipun’s underwater pictures of the sunken HTMS Chang have a beautifully eerie quality that makes it seem ageless. He credits the wreck with being one of the largest, most complete dive sites in Thailand. “It sank on November 22, 2012, and quickly turned…
Divers Find 1600s Warship Wreck That Sank With King James II, Cannons, Wine Bottles, and Other Artifacts
A prestigious English shipwreck was discovered by a pair of brothers 28 miles off the coast of Norfolk. It’s a ship whose sinking could have quite literally changed the course of British history. The brothers, Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, spent decades diving and exploring World War I and II shipwrecks; but later set their sights on…
Japan Protests Chinese Warship Near Disputed Islands
TOKYO—Japan protested to Beijing after spotting Chinese and Russian warships just outside its territorial waters around the disputed East China Sea islands on Monday. Japan’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese frigate sailed inside the “contiguous zone,” just outside Japanese territorial waters around Senkaku Islands, which the Chinese regime also claims and calls the Diaoyu, for…
Halifax Shipyard Warns Warship Schedule Contingent on More Federal Funding
The company responsible for building Canada’s next fleet of warships says it remains on schedule to cut steel in two years—as long as Ottawa gives it more cash to upgrade its Halifax shipyard. Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin Mooney says the shipyard needs several upgrades that were not originally anticipated when the company was selected to…
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