The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

The capsizing of the steamer Sea Wing on Lake Pepin in 1890 made it one of the nation's worst maritime disasters. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW. Read Today's Paper Monday, June 9.

This ordeal led to the ship being known around the world as the ‘Poop Cruise’ with some horrified passengers describing it as ...

The Sultana steamboat disaster in 1865, at the end of the Civil War, has been called America's worst maritime disaster. With an estimated loss of up to 1,800 soldiers who were returning home on ...

The UK’s worst maritime disaster devastated the poet William Wordsworth (Picture: PA) A disastrous shipwreck spilled spilled a huge fortune into the sea – and broke the heart of the poet ...

A bell, a gun badge, and a tampion were recovered from the wreckage of HMS Vanguard and will be loaned to the Scapa Flow ...

An initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board described the moments before a Mexican Navy ship crashed into ...

The incident has revived painful memories of 2021 when Sri Lanka experienced its worst maritime disaster, the X-Press Pearl incident, which caused massive coastal pollution on the island’s ...