For as long as people have been sailing ships, there have been shipwrecks.
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And when we see those shipwrecks, it can be an unsettling experience. There's just something about seeing the hull of a ship that used to carry men far and wide now motionless and decaying on some forgotten shore that is simply otherworldly. While there have been millions of ships lost at sea, their wrecks laying somewhere at the bottom of the ocean floor, the ones pictured here are (for the most part) above the waves. Sit back and relax if you can, and try not to get too spooked by these eerie shipwrecks.
Woody Point, Australia
Scary and eerie, but just at the purple sky in the background, Simply stunning.
Grytviken, South Georgia
Another picturesque shipwreck, this time two next to each other.
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Rough seas show how this vessel took a battering. It didn't actually sink but is definitely the worse for wear.
Mo'ynoq, Uzbekistan
There appears not to be a drop of water for miles, making this a curious shipwreck indeed!
Red Sea, Israel
This rusty old thing managed somehow to stay above water, but we aren't sure how much longer it will stay there for…
Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal
Another hunk of rust, although this vessel made it to dry land too, and managed not to sink to the bottom of the sea.
Gytheio, Greece
While the sky in this photo is alive with fire, the rusty ship looks like it's seen better days…
Tobermory, Canada
Our first underwater wreck in this gallery, no less eerie than all the others.
Truk Lagoon, Micronesia
Another submerged shipwreck, this time around, located off the coast of the tiny island, Micronesia.
Batumi, Georgia
This wreck is only half-sunk but what remains above water is very rusty and old.
Fraser Island, Australia
This one looks like an authentic pirate shipwreck, located on Fraser Island in Australia.
Amorgos Island, Greece
Another hunk of rust, and this one is only not submerged completely because it sits in shallow water near to the beach.
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
This old wreck shows the workings of the ship's engine.
Truk Lagoon, Micronesia
Amazing how the coral takes over these underwater shipwrecks, making them look like they've been there forever.
Cairnbulg Point, United Kingdom
A dreary day off the British coast, and here is a small shipwreck, which thankfully just about made it to shore.
Zakynthos, Greece
This is the most picturesque of the pictures in today's gallery, and shows a ship which is wrecked and on the tiny beach of this alcove.
Oregon, United States
It's amazing that this vessel is still held together at all. As you can see, this is just the frame of this eerie shipwreck.
Grytviken, South Georgia
So many of today's shipwrecks are located in such picturesque places, like this commercial liner which is moored off the coast of South Georgia.
Tromso, Norway
Scary! This looks more like a warship or a tank on water than it does a shipwreck!
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
The fact this ship was pictured in black and white makes it look all the more eerie and possibly haunted.
Lakonia Peloponissos, Greece
Greece certainly has its fair share of shipwrecks, like this example of a small vessel, which had just about managed to remain above water.
Mar del Plata, Argentina
This eerie shipwreck is in Argentina, a country which has a number of scary shipwrecks to its name.
Homebush Bay, Australia
The skeleton of the S.S. Ayrfield sits on the south bank of the Parramatta River, which opens up to Sydney Harbor. The shipwreck is particularly eerie because it has been overtaken almost entirely by trees, vines, and branches.
The Skeleton Coast, Namibia
The Eduard Bohlen is just one of the thousands of shipwrecks that are scattered along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. However, this shipwreck is especially strange to see since it is stranded in the desert a quarter of a mile from the shore.
Point Reyes, California, USA
The S.S. Point Reyes is one of many ship remains that have been left stranded on the coast within the Point Reyes National Seashore, a 70,000-acre park in Northern California.
Haida Gwaii, Canada
In the early 20th century, the Pesuta was converted to a log barge after being used as a steamship. It ended up shipwrecked in Haida Gwaii, an archipelago in British Columbia, during a bad storm in 1928.
Helensburgh, Scotland
The MV Captayannis was a Greek ship that carried sugar. In 1974, the ship encountered a powerful storm in 1974 that left it rolled on her port side in the River Clyde.