Malaysia firms plunder sunken wrecks for rare steel used to make sensitive medical, scientific equipment
via The Straits Times, 27 Feb 2018: New research on the illegal plunder of shipwrecks in Southeast Asian waters highlight ...
Tag: shipwrecks
Related to shipwrecks or archaeological remains of watercraft in Southeast Asia.
See also: aircraft wrecks, underwater archaeology, underwater cultural heritage
Sunken Australian warship HMAS Perth ransacked by illegal scavengers
The Guardian, 05 June 2017: One of Australia’s most treasured second world war warships has been illegally salvaged for metal, ...
WWII-era shipwreck found off Koh Rong
A suspected World War II Japanese shipwreck was discovered in Cambodian waters. A group of six divers led by The ...
Shipwreck found in 2014 could be HMS Tamar: preliminary report
Find in Hong Kong waters thought to be scuttled British ship from World War II. A large metal object that ...
Ghost ships: why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?
Natali Pearson discusses the recent cases of underwater looting of World War II shipwrecks in Indonesia Sunken World War II ...
Dugout discovered in Siem Reap
The remains of a dugout boat, some 13m long, was discovered in Siem Reap and is being investigated for its ...
14,000 artefacts recovered from Nanhai No. 1
Chinese archaeologists report that over 14,00 artefacts have so far been recovered from the Nanhai No. 1, a Song Dynasty ...
Hoi An holds shipwreck exhibition
An exhibition in the the heritage town of Hoi An showcases a vast array of artefacts retrieved from Vietnam's waters ...
Remains of watercraft reported from Kedah archaeological site
Archaeologists in Malaysia working at the Sungei Batu archaeological site have reportedly discovered the remains of several shipwrecks, but funds ...
Archaeology and China’s claims to the seas
Underwater archaeologist Michael Flecker talks about the archaeology of the Spratley islands and how archaeology may help defuse arguments by ...
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