For centuries the Baltic Sea has been infamous among seafarers, with a number of shipwrecks lying on the bottom of the sea to prove it. In 1994, the stormy waters of the Baltic took away the lives of ...

Harriet Strahl, a Ph.D. student in the Durham University history department, has shed new light on the emotional and societal repercussions of the 1120 White Ship disaster in an article published ...

The cruise ship captain behind the tragic Costa Concordia disaster gave an odd reason when he asked about where he was when passengers onboard were left to perish. A total of 33 passengers died ...

22. The ship Hartley, from New-Orleans for Boston, went ashore, on the 20th ult., on Sandy Cay, and on the 22d ult. were burned. Fifteen hundred bales of cotton was saved. Advertisement ...

The Quad had earlier emphasised that Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) will be a key area of activity for the alliance ... Such an initiative can also be replicated in the domain of ...

Harriet Strahl, a PhD student in our History department, has shed new light on the emotional and societal repercussions of the 1120 White Ship disaster. Through her detailed analysis of contemporary ...

The explosion was so powerful that it tore a massive hole in the ship's hull. Unlike the Titanic, the Britannic began sinking much faster, disappearing beneath the waves in just 55 minutes.

The 9,962-teu container ship Maersk Saltoro (built 2015), an identical sister ship to Baltimore bridge-bashing boxship Dali, has encountered engine problems en route from Chile to China.