shipwreck

debris

Scattered broken fragments

• flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
• jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
• hullOuter covering or frame

timbers · ribs · planking · anchor · cannon · ballast · encrustation · corrosion · barnacles · concretion

galleon

Large historical sailing ship

• schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
• frigateMedium-sized naval warship
• caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship

clipper · brig · sloop · hulk · keel · mast · rigging · hull · bow · stern

castaway

Shipwrecked and stranded person

• raftFlat water conveyance
• lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
• flotationAbility to stay afloat

rescue · SOS · distress · flare · marooned · island · adrift · survivor · dehydration · starvation

dive

Headfirst water entry

• scubaPortable underwater breathing gear
• snorkelUnderwater breathing pipe
• maskFace-worn concealment

fins · regulator · wetsuit · drysuit · nitrox · decompression · ascent · descend · visibility · penetration

Titanic

Ill-fated 1912 vessel

• LusitaniaWWI maritime casualty
• BritannicOf or from Britain
• BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman

Edmund Fitzgerald · Arizona · Endurance · Central America · Republic

gold

Element seventy-nine

• doubloonsHistorical Spanish gold currency
• coinsMetal money units
• bullionPrecious metal in bulk

ingots · jewels · gems · artifacts · cargo · chest · hoard · plunder · fortune · silver

disappearance

Act of going missing

• unchartedNot yet documented
• lostUnable to navigate
• undiscoveredNot yet found

unknown · legend · Mary Celeste · Bermuda Triangle · fate · search · location · sonar · discovery · identification

recovery

Regaining what was lost

• excavationAct of unearthing
• artifactsHuman-made historical objects
• cargoTransported goods

treasure · divers · ROV · sonar · magnetometer · airlift · dredge · preservation · conservation · museum

• underwaterunderwater, submerged, immersed, sea bed, seabed
• adventure themestreasure hunt, jungle expedition, secret map, hidden cave, lost city
• TitanicTitanic, RMS Titanic, iceberg, sinking, lifeboats
• Arabian NightsAladdin, Scheherazade, Ali Baba, Arabian Nights, Sinbad
• Disaster Films2012, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, The Towering Inferno
• Naval Eventsnaval battle, sea battle, sinking, collision, boarding