Shipwreck

Koh Sdach Shipwreck

Discovered in 2006 by fishermen off the southwest coast of the Kiri Sakor district, the shipwreck lies in 30 m of water. Cooking pots with lids, storage jars with four loop-handles of different sizes, basins, bottles, dishes, plates, mortars, porcelain and celadon bowls were found on the site of the wreck. The analysis of these artefacts indicate that they could date from 1428 to 1482 AD, the ceramics probably originating from the Mae Nam Noi kilns in Singbori province and the Si Satachanalai kilns in Sukhothai province, both in Thailand.

Klang Aow II (1520-1540)

The Klang Aow II, dated between 1520 and 1540, was discovered in the middle of the gulf of Thailand, 62 Miles from Sattahip Chonburi in 2004.  The Shipwreck was lying 42m deep under the water.

About 50 fragments were recovered, and large numbers of Sawankhalok underglaze black ware were found. Four Chinese blue and white dishes all show the same basic decoration: an ornamental garden rock and peonies.

Klang Aow I (1500-1530)

The Klang Aow Shipwreck, dated from the 16th Century, was discovered in the middle of the gulf of Thailand, 55 Miles from Sattahip Chonburi.

Junk wreck

While conducting surveys to lay a pipeline on the seabed off the coast of Brunei in 1997, workers from Elf company discovered a wreck. The Underwater Archaeological Research Department (DRASSM) of France, led by Michel L’Hour, was asked to investigate the wreck. Investigations have shown that this shipwreck is a major discovery for the understanding of trading relationships in the China Sea during the 15th century, at the time when Brunei reached its peak.

Huaguangjiao No.1 Shipwreck

The Shipwreck Huaguangjiao No.1 is a 20m long and 6m wide Chinese merchant ship, which was built between 1127 and 1279 AD during the Song Dynasty.

Griffin (1761)

Remains of the cargo of the Griffin. ©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation

At dawn on January 20th, 1761, the Griffin, an East Indiamen, collided with a reef northwest of the island of Basilan and sank quickly, on its way from Canton to Balambagan. The crew was saved but the entire cargo was lost.

Great Basses wreck

© Arthur C. Clarke

The Great Basses wreck is an early 18th-century shipwreck on Great Basses Reef, about 12 km off the south coast of Sri Lanka, discovered in 1961.

The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, yielded fused bags of silver rupees, cannons, and other artifacts.

 

Godavaya wreck (2000 years ago)

The Godavaya shipwreck lies 33 meters below the ocean's surface, just off the fishing village of Godavaya, where German archaeologists in the 1990s found a harbor that was an important port along the maritime Silk Road during the second century A.D.

Ca Mau (1725)

The Ca Mau shipwreck was a Chinese junk, almost certainly en route from Canton (now Guangzhou) to the Dutch trading port of Batavia (now Jakarta).

The shipwreck was in the sea depth of 36m with some obscure tracks of 24m long and about 8m wide.

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