This Week in Shipwrecks #9

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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