For thousands of years, human survival and development have been closely related to the ocean. The ocean has brought endless wealth to mankind, but it has also brought disaster and pain to mankind. In the face of strong winds, huge waves and dangerous undercurrents, how many ships were buried on the bottom of the sea, and how many lives were ruthlessly devoured. Over time, the sunken ships in the underwater world have become a considerable amount of wealth, not only attracting the attention and interest of archaeological experts from various countries, but also making adventurers salivate.

Among the world’s underwater shipwrecks, there are countless ships that were buried under the sea due to wars. From wooden boats in the cold weapon age to sail warships in the gunpowder age; from ironclad ships powered by steam engines to modern warships in the nuclear age, there are all kinds of warships swallowed by the ocean. The magical underwater world is like a human being buried A naval warfare weapons museum deep in the ocean. Taking World War II as an example, there were 1,424 sunken ships of various types in the Pacific, including 1,113 merchant ships of various types over 500 tons, with a total registered tonnage of more than 5.32 million tons; 311 warships of various types , with a total displacement of 577,626 tons. According to statistics on the Atlantic battlefield in the past four years alone, the Allies alone lost as many as 1,698 ships of various types, with a total registered tonnage of 30 million tons.

Among the countries on the edge of the ocean in the world, China is a large coastal country with a long history and vast maritime territory. As early as 5,000 or 6,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, China began maritime transportation, and it had already developed overseas in the Pre-Qin Dynasty. Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Seas in the early Ming Dynasty were unprecedented in the history of world navigation. However, in the maritime history that lasted for thousands of years, China's waters were also bloody and war-torn. According to relevant information, there are more than 2,000 shipwrecks of various types in the China Sea. It has become a treasure trove of ancient shipwrecks and historical relics that has attracted world attention.

In March 1983, the world-famous treasure hunter Hecher discovered a Chinese cargo ship that sank around 1640, 300 miles southeast of Borneo from Singapore Port, and was filled with valuable treasures from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Period Chinese porcelain, he spared no expense to organize the salvage of this sunken ship. He recovered 23,000 precious antiquities in one day and brought them to Amsterdam, Netherlands, for auction. The auctioneer alone made a net profit of US$2 million.

In March 1985, Hecher unearthed another batch of Chinese porcelain near the last salvage site, as well as 18 pieces of "Nanjing Horseshoe Gold". The prices of porcelain and gold ingots soared during the auction. *** got $15.25 million. In 1985, British Michel Hacha and others stole about 150,000 pieces of blue and white porcelain and 125 gold ingots from the Kangxi period from a sunken ship in the South my country Sea. They were auctioned in the Netherlands the following year, making a profit of about US$20 million. At that time, experts from the National Palace Museum in my country who went to the Netherlands for inspection could only sigh and watch as their country's treasures were lost abroad. It can be seen from this that the sunken ship on the seabed is a huge treasure.

So, how many ocean shipwrecks have there been around the world so far? According to the latest data from the International Maritime Archeology Organization, in the depths of the world’s oceans, in just the past 400 years, more than 100,000 ships have sunk into the oceans around the world. There are as many as 250,000 ships, some of which carry a large amount of wealth, including gold bricks, silver ingots, precious jewelry and jade, etc., and their value is immeasurable.