Violet Jessop was a career woman, a rarity at the turn of the century, working as a cabin maid crew member of luxury ...

The letter details his experience aboard the ship and his love for his family, highlighting the tragedy of his untimely death ...

Aged just 16, Thomas Cupper Mudd from Huntingfield, Suffolk, was among the youngest of the 1,500 people lost in the Titanic ...

The ocean liner was once the undisputed leader of global transit. Yet, the advent of commercial aviation rendered these icons ...

An oil tanker reportedly on fire in the North Sea after colliding with a cargo vessel. Lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter ...

Here’s a look at major ferry and ship sinking disasters throughout history. This timeline is not-all inclusive; various incidents with at least 1,000 fatalities are listed. Death tolls vary by source.

The tragedy is considered the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. The RMS Lancastria was an ocean liner requisitioned by the U.K. government during World War II as part of ...

gigantic ocean-going passenger ships — or ocean liners — emerged not just as a way to travel, but also as a source of national pride. The age of aviation made these great ships virtually obsolete, ...

Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship smashed into an oil tanker transporting jet fuel for the US military. The crash ignited a huge ...

Mr Crisafulli, at the helm of the first southeast Queensland disaster of the LNP’s term, steadfastly backed people to make decisions for themselves by arming them with all the ­information.

I first saw Hackman as a child in The Poseidon Adventure (1972). My dad put the film on for the upside-down ocean liner disaster sequences, but it was Hackman who left a lasting impression.

The crash of a C124 Globemaster near Tokyo in 1953, killing 129 U.S. servicemen, was the world’s worst single-plane disaster. The greatest catastrophe in aviation history occurred in 1960 ...