Cruise ships promise luxury, leisure, and escape—but sometimes, those dreams go disastrously off course. Behind the glossy brochures and endless buffets are stories of chaos, confusion, and survival ...

Australia’s pandemic preparedness faces its first major test since Covid-19 as authorities quarantine cruise passengers ...

Hilary Challis spent a year researching the lives of people who died in the disaster after discovering her relative was involved Looking up at the memorial to the disaster which claimed the life of ...

Shipwreck hunters have discovered the remains of the Lac La Belle, a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in 1872, killing eight people, the Associated Press reported. Shipwreck World ...

Nearly all Duluthians and Northlanders are familiar with the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, taking with it all 29 crew members. Many who were around when it happened ...

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 ...

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 ...

Park rangers in Canada have uncovered a centuries-old shipwreck in a region known for many maritime disasters. The shipwreck, which dates back more than 200 years, is believed to be the Swift, a ...