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A trailblazing project to digitally map Bermuda’s sunken treasure of shipwrecks came about by “one of those moments of destiny”, in the words of Falko Kuester. A computer scientist and engineer specialising in cultural heritage, Mr Kuester excitedly ...

A notorious derelict ship in the East End is to be sunk and converted into a dive site after years of languishing at Marginal Wharf. A decade after the casino ship arrived in Bermuda, swiftly running afoul of the island’s gaming laws, the Niobe Corin...

Chinese and Indonesian crew members aboard a burning fishing boat were rescued from the ocean early yesterday morning with the help of the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre. All 19 people from the Pioneer vessel were saved, although two suffered se...

He was a buccaneering holdover from an earlier era, a figure from the island’s maritime past when it was said “every Bermudian, being born within a mile of the water, was bred amphibious ... white or black, they were all sailors and seafaring to a ma...

The wreck of the notorious catamaran Rainmaker that was torn to pieces in a devastating storm has drifted into Bermudian waters. The remnants of the first Gunboat 55 to be built were picked up on Sunday evening by Bermuda Yacht Services after being s...

A shipwreck discovered off the coast of North Carolina could be a Confederate blockade runner that ran perilous journeys between Bermuda and the United States. The iron-hulled steamer was found at the end of last month off a beach near Wilmington, ac...

Arriving at Fort St Catherine’s Beach on Saturday morning, Bermuda Regiment soldiers were hard at work filling sandbags and preparing dive gear for a project of significant historical importance — the preservation of the Island’s founding ship, the S...

The few remaining timbers of Bermuda’s founding ship the Sea Venture are to be restored this weekend. A new dive division of the Bermuda Regiment, led by Sergeant Major James Self, will be directed by Phillipe Max Rouja, the Department of Conservati...

A book detailing more than 300 of Bermuda’s shipwrecks and 500 years of maritime history hits the shelves today. Shipwrecked traces the Island’s role as the shipwreck capital of the mid-Atlantic and is written by underwater archaeologist Gordon Watts...

A relic from one of Bermuda’s best-known shipwrecks graces one of the Island’s most historic residences — but for some, the ship’s bell from the Pollockshields deserves a better home. Devondale in Devonshire is a recent acquisition of the Bermuda Nat...

LookBermuda is working on a film charting the discovery of a stash of bottles untouched by human hands for almost 150 years on the sunken civil war blockade runner Mary Celestia. The five sealed and apparently well-preserved bottles were discovered d...

The Bermuda Perfumery has launched a non-profit foundation dedicated to protect and promote the Island’s shipwreck heritage. The Lili Bermuda Foundation will be funded through a portion of the profits of the company’s Mary Celestia fragrance, named a...