Hey guys and gals, I guess you like ancient shipwrecks. I

hear that this is the best page on our web site. O.K. O.K.
I guess itąs second best after the fun & games page, and
next to quizo. So any way, here is some information on
shipwrecks. By the way, these arenąt just any old
shipwrecks; these ships sank before the Titanic. Some
ships sank, and people couldn't even find them. Some
people found them, but couldnąt get the remaining parts
from the ocean floor. I hope you like the ships I picked
out.

One summer long ago, a ship called Brother Jonathan hit

an unexpected rock. It hit the rock while trying to fight
a storm and still make it to the harbor. There were as
many as 244 passengers on the boat. When the ship sank
only 19 survived! Almost two centuries later they found
the ship at the bottom of the sea. They also noticed that
the people lost all the cargo that was at the bottom of the
sea.

The Empress was on her first voyage in the summer of

1914 heading out of the harbor of Quebec. She was
heading across the North Atlantic to get to Liverpool,
England. The Empress of Ireland never reached its port.
Only hours later she collided with the Norwegian. They
sank at the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The Badavia was built in 1628. On her first journey she

sank. She sank between Java, which is now Indonesia, and
Australia. Pretty much all the passengers and crew
members reached land safely. Fortunately, the ship wss
not far from shore.

Ancient

Shipwrecks

by Sarah

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