Salvage of Yangtze No 2 shipwreck begins in Shanghai - China News sina.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sina.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Beijing, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) Chinese specialists started working on Wednesday to refloat a ship that sank 160 years ago and is considered the largest and best preserved wooden vessel discovered in national waters.
Operation launched to salvage ancient ship from Yangtze estuary shanghai.gov.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from shanghai.gov.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Salvage of a 160-year-old shipwreck, the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwreck discovered underwater in China to date, began Wednesday. This sunken ship, with a large number of cultural relics, was a merchant vessel during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) in the Qing Dynasty period.Nam ..