--- description: The wreckage was found Saturday in 15,000 feet of water title: Wreckage East of Bahamas Is El Faro Ship, Officials Say image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Bahamas](/tag/bahamas/) ## Bahamas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Wreckage East of Bahamas Is Sunken El Faro Ship, Officials Say by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 2, 2015 8:32 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 2, 2015 8:32 PM CUT Wreckage found at the bottom of the ocean over the weekend is the sunken cargo ship El Faro, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Monday. The wreckage was found Saturday in 15,000 feet of water east of the Bahamas. The 790-foot ship went missing on Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin as it was making a trip from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico. All 33 crewmembers on board were lost. > [](https://twitter.com/NTSB/status/661242492822646786) The NTSB said Monday that crews would continue to survey the area. Authorities have said that their goal was to locate the… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wreckage-east-bahamas-sunken-cargo-ship-el-faro-ntsb-confirms-n455871?cid=par-time%5F20151102 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4097064/bahamas-el-faro-officials/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4097064/bahamas-el-faro-officials/"},"headline":"Wreckage East of Bahamas Is Sunken El Faro Ship, Officials Say","datePublished":"2015-11-02T20:32:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:16:51.184Z","description":"The wreckage was found Saturday in 15,000 feet of water","url":"https://time.com/4097064/bahamas-el-faro-officials/","keywords":["Bahamas"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/bahamas/","name":"Bahamas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4097064/bahamas-el-faro-officials/","name":"Wreckage East of Bahamas Is Sunken El Faro Ship, Officials Say"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Coast Guard Finds Objects Believed To Belong To Missing Ship","description":"Objects found floating near the southeastern Bahamas could belong to the missing container ship El Faro that was caught in Hurricane Joaquin.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/A0d2ytcp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-04T21:28:48.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/A0d2ytcp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4097064/bahamas-el-faro-officials/","duration":"PT40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4097064/bahamas-el-faro-officials/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```