The MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship turned military transport during World War II, holds the record for the deadliest maritime disaster in history. On January 30, 1945, the vessel was ...

It was meant to be a routine sea trial — the final test before a new ship entered service. But within minutes, everything ...

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

It has been a half-century since the ship sank on Lake Superior, and a pop single memorialized its fate. Now museums are ...

The sinking of the Titanic may have happened over 113 years ago, but the curiosity surrounding the disaster remains at its peak. Numerous documentaries and a box-office smash hit have since come out, ...