This week in Shipwrecks features the possible discovery of the oldest known shipwreck, a ring depciting the Lighthouse of Alexandria, a deadly shipwreck of migrants off the coast of Djibouti, commercial shipping turmoil in the Black Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, images of the steam-yacht Ituna, and a 2300 yeard old shipwreck found at Vis in Croatia.
Sources for this episode:
ABC News, October 14, 2026
Anadolu Agency, October 14, 2026
Archaeology Magazine, October 8, 2026
We Are the Frontier, October 15, 2026
International Organization for Migration, October 11, 2026
Financial Times, October 15, 2026
Associated Press, October 14, 2026
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, October 14, 2026
The Times of India, October 2026
Divernet, October 8, 2026
Nantucket Current
Egan Maritime Institute, October 8, 2026
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