What is the most well preserved shipwreck?

the best-preserved shipwreck in history. The remains of the Thistlegorm wreck have become a place of pilgrimage for all divers in the world. Shipwreck lovers from all over the world can't help but travel to the Egyptian Red Sea again and again to visit this submerged wonder.



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Due to very low levels of oxygen at shallow depths, Black Sea shipwrecks are well preserved when compared to other Mediterranean wrecks from the same time period.

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Michigan. The Great Lakes have been dubbed the 'Shipwreck Capital of the World' by many. But that's because under the area's 95,000 square miles of water lie nearly 5,000 shipwrecks.

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The Mary Rose The wreck was discovered in 1971 and raised in 1982. It was one of the most ambitious and expensive maritime archaeology projects in history. Today, one of the most famous shipwrecks in history sits in the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth alongside some 26,000 artefacts recovered from the wreck.

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Thankfully, very few cruise ships have actually sunk in modern history. Even so, the Titanic's sinking impacted maritime law so much that there are more than enough lifeboats for all passengers and crew onboard any given sailing. Within the last 111 years, over 20 cruise ships and ocean liners have sunk.

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