These 10 Ships Can No Longer Travel The Globe, But You Can Visit Their Shipwreck Sites
If you've always loved pirates and stories of tragic shipwrecks, these locations may be your next vacation destinations.
In September 1906 the ship left Mexico on its way to Portland before setting sail to the UK. It made it to an Oregon beach and wrecked after strong winds and being pushed around by currents.
This Danish cruise ship wrecked in 2000 after a rock pierced the ship's hull. All of the passengers made it off the ship without injury. The ship now rests on its side and is considered a tourist attraction in the Nggela Islands.
The Panagiotis wrecked in the 1980s and was smuggling cigarettes and other items.
The Uluburun sank off the coast of Turkey during the Bronze Age. It's about 3,500 years old. It was found by a diver in the 1980s. The remains are found in a museum along with a life sized replica.
The SS Maheno was used as a hospital ship for the New Zealand Army during WWI. It was sold to a Japanese company for scraps but broke apart during a cyclone. It's remains washed up on the shore of Australia and is now a tourist attraction.
The SS Oregon sank in 1886 just 15 miles off the coast of New York. The ship hit an unidentified schooner and all 852 passengers made it off the boat when another ship came to assist with the rescue.Â
This shipwreck is well known because it's been buried in the sand. Â It's a 2,272-ton cargo ship that wrecked off Namibia's Skeleton Coast in 1909.
Bessie White is a 200-foot schooner that wrecked in 1922 on its way to Newfoundland. Sometimes the National Park Service allows hikers to come out the ship's wreckage.Â
This was once a Greek sugar-carrying ship, but it's now occupied by birds. It wrecked in 1974 after a storm. It's in shallow water, so it can be spotted easily.
The La Famille Express was used as a Soviet Navy ship, but was later sold and renamed. It wrecked in 2004 under mysterious circumstancesÂ