Beneath the surface of the ocean lies a haunting world, where time stands still and forgotten stories rest in the deep. Hidden from sight and submerged in darkness are incredible shipwrecks. These wrecks are silent tombs of vessels that once thrived with life, but now they are shadows of what they once were. These sunken ships, preserved by the ocean’s cold waters, are slowly decaying, and they are truly incredible to look at. I hope you’re ready to see some creepy wrecks submerged deep in water because that’s what we have for you. Here are 20 shipwrecks that haunt deep waters.
1. The ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, the Endurance.
The ship was found 3000 meters underneath the surface.
2. The wrecked Titan sub after its implosion.
It’s incredible how this story spread like wildfire, everyone knew about this wreck just days after it happened.
3. The SS Probitas, an Italian WWII cargo ship.
Can we all agree this is extremely off-putting? This photo gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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4. This Turkish bath inside the RMS Titanic is incredible.
This photo is from a recent expedition in 2005.
5. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Rip to the 29-man crew.
6. Divers took this photo inside the Britannic, the sister of the Titanic.
She sank in the Aegean Sea in WWI.
7. A perfectly preserved corridor inside the SS Aachen.
It’s so clear you’d think you could walk right down it.
8. The USS Saratoga.
That is a nightmare-inducing image.
9. This is the wreck of the RMS Lusitania.
The water has not been kind to you, Lusitania.
10. The abandoned MA World Discoverer.
It was passing through in 2000, and hit an uncharted reef, resulting in a hole in the ship that was too big to patch. It’s been at rest here decaying ever since.
11. The Wreck of the Orient Queen.
Sadly, she capsized after being hit by the Beirut explosion.
12. The third anchor of the Titanic.
I really like this human-to-anchor size example. Some people don’t understand the sheer size of ship anchors.
13. Lake Superior is not kind to shallow water wrecks.
Even if this ship had a name, it’s lost now.
14. The USS Johnston.
One of the deepest shipwrecks ever found, 6.4 km below the surface.
15. The shockingly well-preserved Gunilda.
She sank in Lake Superior in 1911.
16. One of the world’s most intact sunken schooners.
This ship sank in the late 1800s in Lake Michigan.
17. An aerial view of the SS Umbria.
Imagine transparent kayaking over this.
18. The RMS Mulheim.
She grounded at Land’s End in 2003.
19. Imagine losing your ship but having to stare at it every day.
Your ship sinking is one thing, but it sinking and sitting right below the surface would be a hard pill to swallow.
20. One of the only vertical shipwrecks in the world, the HMS Victoria.
There’s something eerie about a ship standing straight up at the bottom of the ocean.
