After a few days traveling north, three of the ship's strained boilers exploded in the early hours of April 27, 1865, killing ...

She was just 9 weeks old when she was lowered to safety in a mail sack, surviving the worst maritime disaster in history.

In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship came dangerously close to one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history. While crossing Hustadvika, a stretch of Norway’s coast known for treacherous ...

As the passengers were so tightly packed, many were killed straight away while others died later from shrapnel wounds. Then two more boilers exploded. About 1,500 people were burned, trampled or ...

On August 4, 2020 an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon rocked the city and was felt across the country. The Orient Queen was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Midstream, April 27, 1865 -- Getting there -- War -- The raids -- Somewhere, the little brother -- Captured -- Cahaba -- Andersonville -- Going off alone -- Release -- Sold up the river -- The ...

The National Maritime Museum is highlighting the 30th anniversary of one of the UK’s worst environmental disasters, which happened in Milford Haven ...