The Thames boat disaster in 1878 has all been forgotten, says the relative of one of those who died.

He commissioned the Vasa to be built with two gun decks, 64 bronze cannons and a crew of 450 men. On 10 August 1628 the ship set sail on its maiden voyage, but only a few metres offshore, as everyone ...

Have you ever heard of someone who seemed to dance with danger and always walked away unscathed? Meet Violet Jessop, the woman who became known as “Miss Unsinkable” after surviving not just one, but ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Monday is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, marking a half-century of fascination with one of the most infamous nautical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by author (and Great Lakes ...

The wrecks of Cataraqui and Birkenhead were among the most devastating maritime disasters of their time. Both exposed serious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Dec. 6, 1917, as coverage of the ship explosion in the Harbor of Halifax, Novia Scotia, ...

Dubbed as an "unsinkable" ship when it set off on is maiden voyage in 1912, the RMS Titanic earned a place for itself among some of the worst maritime disasters, with the ship ending its voyage less ...

Authorities in Sri Lanka were trying to head off a potential environmental disaster Thursday as a fire-damaged container ship that had been carrying chemicals was sinking off of the country's main ...

Graph illustrating the stark increase in global trade (exports and imports) in the late 1800s, with an exponential increase (dashed colored line) becoming particularly marked by circa 1980. Numbers ...