From ancient eruptions to modern nuclear meltdowns, these catastrophes forever altered human history. Join us as we explore ...

Disaster on the Great Lakes isn’t limited to Whitefish Bay. One of the worst wrecks in all the Great Lakes happened in Lake Michigan in 1860. The 252-foot Lady Elgin, a passenger ship ...

This is the story of the Gothenburg, one of Australia’s worst maritime disasters. Now, 150 years on, Department for ...

The ship Hezekiah Williams, with a valuable cargo, from Liverdool, England, for Philadelphia, went asbere on Saturday night at Port Joli. She bilged, and her masts are gone. The crew were saved.

the ship which rescued all 705 survivors of one of the worst maritime disasters in history. Both Titanic and Carpathia were Liverpool-registered ships and many of the officers and crew on both ...

Shock waves went throughout the whole nation when the SS Gothenburg sank off the coast of Queensland in February 1875. Its preservation is key in understanding life in the colonies.

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