Ellen Mary Walker was born nine months after her mum miraculously escaped the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 ...

The On the Water exhibition in the National Museum of American History has an intriguing collection of Titanic memorabilia, ...

Whether told through the lens of the Oscar-winning movie Titanic (1997) or remembered in museum exhibitions around the world, ...

Whether you are a climate change denier or a sceptic, something is clearly going on - and it presents us with a choice, ...

The 1994 sinking of the ferry Estonia is up there with the Titanic as one of the worst maritime disasters in history. This week, a Swedish-Estonian-Finnish investigative team said the shipwreck, which ...

The ferryboat “Heraklion” sank at Falkonera in 1966. Over 200 people were killed. Credit: Public Domain Two major disasters hit the city of Chania on Crete on December 8th in the space of only three ...

Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering the ocean floor. Many of these ships hide ...

This fall, trending topics have taken an unexpected turn. Instead of pumpkin spice lattes or football, the internet is talking about a decades-old shipwreck. Social media has been packed with posts ...

The Sultana Disaster Museum on Military Road in Marion, Ark. is dedicated to the sinking of the Sultana, the nation’s worst maritime disaster. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian) By the loss of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by author (and Great Lakes ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Lake Superior means a lot to Ric Mixter. "Lake Superior is my backyard," said Mixter. "This is where I would come up riding my ten speed all the way into Marquette from ...