From the sinking of the Lusitania to the demise of a Russian warship saddled with $130 billion in gold, these are the most fascinating sunken ships from around the world.

For a significant chunk of human history, the world’s leading powers concerned themselves with dominating the seas. As the saying went, “he who ruled the seas, ruled the world.”

Naturally, this led to countless conflicts among nations across the centuries, and more than a few ships being laid to rest in watery graves.

Some of these sunken ships have since been recovered — while others remain on the ocean floor. Explore the most astonishing and eerie ones here.

The USS Arizona

Dec. 7, 1941, is commonly described as “a day that will live in infamy.” It was the day that Japan attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harb

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