History is full of some truly shocking disasters, ranging from man-made incidents to natural events that have torn through entire communities. Some ships in history have also met their untimely end in ...

The Ottendorfer Library is a solid brick building with the words Free Library and Reading Hall on its façade. Built in 1884, ...

Commemorations to mark Britain's worst maritime disaster - the sinking of the Lancastria - have been held. It is estimated between 4,000 and 6,000 people died when the ship was bombed by a Nazi ...

One hundred years since the worst maritime disaster in B.C. history, a new exhibit is resurfacing the story of the largely forgotten tragedy. The Princess Sophia sank off the West Coast near ...

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This is the worst maritime disaster in UK waters in peacetime since SS Norge off Rockall in 1904, and the worst involving a British ship since the Titanic in 1912.

It was 70 years ago that the waters which divide Scotland and Northern Ireland witnessed one of Britain's worst maritime disasters. The Stranraer-Larne ferry MV Princess Victoria sank on 31 ...

The Crossing - Poignant documentary about the tragic capsizing of a dinghy of asylum seekers.It was the worst maritime disaster in the English Channel for 30 years, but what really happened? More info ...

Although not as powerful as Wanda, Typhoon Rose packed winds of up to 165km/h and caused Hong Kong’s worst maritime disaster to date. The 2,600-tonne Hong Kong – Macau ferry Fatshan had ...

A series of careless errors led to a blazing inferno that took over 100 lives and sparked an investigation on maritime safety by the U.S. Senate. July 25 - Italia-Società per Aziono di ...