Long before smartphones, very few maritime disasters were ever captured on film. This video brings together rare footage of some of history's most dramatic shipping catastrophes, including devastating ...

As part of its mission to build private-public partnerships to enhance Guyana’s resiliency after a disaster strikes, Tropical Shipping, a US-based company, hosted a disaster management workshop on ...

He commissioned the Vasa to be built with two gun decks, 64 bronze cannons and a crew of 450 men. On 10 August 1628 the ship set sail on its maiden voyage, but only a few metres offshore, as everyone ...

1859 "Royal Charter" October 26 - Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company's "Royal Charter" runs aground onto rocks off ...

The Philippines is grappling with one of its deadliest maritime disasters as 76 people have died in a ferry fire. Forensic ...

Harriet Strahl, a Ph.D. student in the Durham University history department, has shed new light on the emotional and societal repercussions of the 1120 White Ship disaster in an article published in ...

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