'Oldest' message in a bottle found more than 108 years on
A message in a bottle that washed up more than 108 years after it was thrown into the sea may be the world's oldest, a marine association has said. The bottle was released in the North Sea between 1904 and 1906 and found by a woman on a beach in Amrum, Germany. Read more
World record as message in bottle found by same boat after 98 years near Shetland
A Scottish skipper has set a new world record after finding a message in a bottle 98 years after it was released. Andrew Leaper's discovery beat the previous record for the longest time a bottle has been adrift at sea by more than five years. Read more