Are satellites (or satellite parts) ever made from metal salvaged from pre-1945 shipwrecks? Possibly to ensure that those metals were refined before atmospheric A-bomb explosions increased the background radiation levels? [more inside]
posted by metaBugs on Aug 4, 2009 - 17 answers

Is there a book or museum or resource that specifically lists the stories of people who survived in Lifeboats? [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Apr 21, 2009 - 4 answers

I remember coming across a historical account of a Dutch slave ship being shipwrecked on a tiny island, and the survivors living for many years. Sound familiar? [more inside]
posted by nameless.k on Jul 10, 2007 - 5 answers

What were people who emerged from the cliffs of Cornwall and Dover to steal bounty from wrecked ships in the 1700s called? [more inside]
posted by t0astie on Jan 23, 2007 - 35 answers

[Beautiful Shipwreck Filter] Two or more years ago I saw an incredible high-res 3D rendering of a ghostly old shipwreck stranded on ice. I vaguely recall seeing the pic on an online forum for 3D artists and I recall many of their comments were simply "Wow." Trying to locate that image and have had no luck. (more hints inside) [more inside]
posted by StarForce5 on Dec 7, 2006 - 9 answers

This past weekend, the family and I went to Chesapeake Beach (Brownie Beach) in southern Maryland. As we were looking for sharks teeth and other fossils, a woman next to us was telling us about the glass beads she was finding. These apparently were from a shipwreck from the late 1700's and were "trade goods" from England. I want to know more about them. obviously.. [more inside]
posted by ShawnString on Oct 24, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm trying to remember a book from my childhood. Shipwreck, tragedy, dead girl... [more inside]
posted by Evangeline on Aug 25, 2006 - 6 answers