Take a quick look at some dramatic pictures of historic shipwrecks.

The pictures start with the sinking of the Prudent in Louisbourg in 1758.

They end with an action photograph of the sinking of the Kurdistan in the Cabot Strait in 1979.

Use the red buttons at the top right of the screen to browse through the collection.

Click on a shipwreck photo to view full shipwreck details.

Prudent - 1758

Kurdistan - 1979