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Monday, 02 May 2016

BBC News

• Lost ships recorded in sea off ScotlandArchaeologists working with communities along Scotland's west coast record more than 100 shipwrecks and maritime artefacts.

The Guardian

• Newborn baby among dead after shipwrecks in MediterraneanNinety-nine people are believed to have drowned in two separate incidents off the coast of Libya over the weekendA newborn baby is among 99 people believed to have drowned in two separate shipwrecks off the Libyan coast this weekend, according to survivors who arrived in Italy.Twenty-six survivors were rescued by a commercial vessel after a rubber dinghy in which they were travelling sank in the Mediterranean on Friday, a few hours after departing from Sabratha in Libya. They were transferred to Italian coastguard ships before being brought ashore in Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island, acc...

This is Money

• Rolls-Royce to design �200m 'Boaty McBoatface'�polar research vessel The ship will be one of the most sophisticated floating laboratories in the polar regions when it takes to the seas in 2019.

North Wales Live

• What was that HUGE ship sailing down the Mersey? The Zhen Hua ship set off from a dock in Nantong, China, in mid March

Other Regional Press

• Shipbuilding strategy will boost Royal NavyA NEW shipbuilding plan will keep the navy as one of the top fighting forces in the world, a minister has said.