Franco Banfi / Conger eel, (Conger conger) on Teti shipwreck which sank on a stormy night on 23 May 1930, Komiza, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea. .

Shane Gross / Spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) through a large window on the wreck of the former mine sweeper C-56 Juan Escutia. Cancun, Mexico.

Derek Galon / Shipwreck washed ashore by hurricane Maria. Dominica, December 2017. Stitched panorama. Wrecks like this appear picturesque but may release toxic materials from the hulls.

Jack Dykinga / Wrecked ship with cormorant colony, on Namibia's skeleton coast, Dorob National Park, Namibia. July 2013.

Franco Banfi / Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus) on wreck, Santa Lucia, Camaguey, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Alex Mustard / Reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) portrait near wreck. Gubal Island, Egypt. Red Sea.

Doug Perrine / Barjacks (Caranx ruber), Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus), and Sergeant major damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) swimming around wreck of bow gun on C-58 shipwreck off Puerto Morelos, near Cancun,...

Doug Perrine / Giant squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) at cleaning station in the cockpit of wreck of Panorama Air Tour Beech H18S that crashed in 1983 after take-off from Keahole airport, Kona, Hawaii.

Alex Mustard / World War II British motorbikes (Norton 16H) stacked up on the back of truck in the hold of wreck of HMS Thistlegorm, with soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan) swimming above. Sha'ab Ali, Sinai, Egypt. R...

Alex Mustard / World War II British motorbikes (Norton 16H) stacked up on the back of truck in the hold of wreck of HMS Thistlegorm, with Soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan) swimming above. Sha'ab Ali, Sinai, Egypt. R...

Michael Pitts / British Admiralty anchor - mid 1750's - possibly from the wreck of HMS Colossus - wrecked 1798. St Mary's Roads. Isles of Scilly. England, UK, August 2013. No release available.

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Anchor on Wreck Vassilios T, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and yellow sponges (Aplysina cavernicola) on Brioni Steamship wreck, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Engine room ventilator shafts of oil tanker 'Seiko Maru'. Sunk in Chuuk Lagoon 17/18th February 1944, Chuuk Lagoon, Pacific

Sue Daly / Diver on the wreck of HMNZS Canterbury, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. February 2013. Model released.

Sue Daly,Sue Daly / Jewel Anemones (Corynactis haddoni) colonising the wreck of HMNZS Canterbury, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, February 2013

Michael Pitts / Diver on the wreck of the US Submarine tender USS Macaw, sunk in the World War II due to a navigation error, Midway atoll, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Divers on the wreck of the tugboat, 'Tienstin'. Abu Galawa, Red Sea, July 2010

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Brandon Cole / Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) congregate around the radar tower of the USCG cutter "Duane", a 327-foot long shipwreck and artificial reef in the Florida Keys. Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean, Jul...

Brandon Cole / Fish congregate on the artificial reef of The Spar, a sunken shipwreck. North Carolina, USA, Atlantic Ocean, May.

Brandon Cole / Scuba divers exploring the HMCS Saskatchewan, a 360' long shipwreck intentionally sunk outside Nanaimo on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. This wreck is now a phenomenal artificial reef, covered i...

Jeff Rotman / Looking down on the shipwreck of the small freighter 'Ora Verde' that sank in 1980, Grand Cayman Island, Caribbean Sea Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Shipwreck of the small freighter 'Ora Verde' that sank in 1980, Grand Cayman Island, Caribbean Sea

Ernie Janes / Three fishing boats wrecked on the coast in winter storms, Pembrokeshire, UK,

Roberto Rinaldi / Wreck of crude oil super-tanker "Amoco Milford Haven", populated by shoals Swallowtail anthias (Anthias anthias) and Bogues (Boops boops). The tanker sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days of fire....

Roberto Rinaldi / Stern of crude oil super-tanker "Milford Haven", which sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days of fire. Genoa, Italy, 2007.

Philip Stephen / Huge wave enveloping fishing vessel "Harvester" while operating in the North Sea. Europe, November 2010. Property released.

Alex Mustard / A young Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) above kelp in the Farne Islands. This seal has an orange snout from foraging on a rusty ship wreck. Northumberland, England, UK. North Sea. August

Jeff Rotman / Sandblasters searching and blowing a magnetic hit during the recovery of the shipwreck "Las Maravillas", a Spanish galleon sunk in 1658, Bahamas. 1987, Model released Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lifting a cannon during the recovery of the shipwreck "Las Maravillas", a Spanish galleon sunk in 1658, Bahamas. 1987. Model released Model released.

Neil Lucas / Cameraman Mike Pitts, diving for BBC Filming 'Life' The Bahamas, Caribbean, February 2007, Model released

Onne van der Wal / Boys exploring plane wreckage in Exumas, Bahamas, Caribbean. June 2009, model released.

Bruno D'Amicis / Shipwreck and Moroccan cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus) along the Atlantic coast of the Western Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Georgette Douwma / Big-eye or Goggle-eye (Priacanthus hamrur) on wreck. Note colour change from deep red to silver. Egypt, Red Sea

Michael Pitts / Interior of shipwreck of Japanese Whaling Ship sunk in WWII, 1943, Borneo

Doug Perrine / Two Divers at Shipwreck, St Croix, Caribbean

Peter Scoones / Long jawed squirrelfish {Sargocentron spiniferum} in wreck, Red Sea

Georgette Douwma / Lionfish (Pterois miles) swimming by shipwreck. Red Sea, Egypt

Fred Bavendam / Flashlight Fish (Anamalops katoptron) school in the hold of a shipwreck at a depth of 30 meters, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Diver exploring the Liberty shipwreck, Bali's most popular dive site, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Shane Gross / Wreck of former whale and seal hunting vessel, Petrel, beached in Grytviken, South Georgia Island.

David Fleetham / Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema paucispinum) feeding on algae on the wreck of the St. Anthony, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Divers swimming over the wreck of The Carthaginian, a boat that was sunk to create an artificial reef, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / The wreck of the Carthaginian, the boat was sunk in 2005 as an artificial reef, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. October, 2011.