The SS Morro Castle disaster wasn’t just a fire—it was a full systems failure at sea. This video explores how the ship burned ...

The ship's captain is the master of all - but sometimes they got it wrong. Here are the fascinating tales of two of history's most incompetent captains - and one who was falsely accused of being so.

This is the tragic story of 44 illegal immigrants – men, women, and children – who set out from Morocco to Israel in 1961 and ...

Manitowoc's Wisconsin Maritime Museum will host the author of 'Last Lady: The Lady Elgin Tragedy' at its Think & Drink event Feb. 5.

The search for 7 crew members was suspended after the fishing vessel Lily Jean sank 25 miles off the Massachusetts coast on ...

Philippine officials have grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in ...

On Feb. 5, 1856, the steamboat Belle exploded while heading upriver from Sacramento to modern-day Red Bluff, Read the Plaque ...

GLOUCESTER — The US Coast Guard announced Saturday morning it had suspended the search for the Lily Jean, a fishing vessel ...

It’s easy to forget, looking back from the safety of history, that some of the most beloved movies of all time were once ...

The 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion stirs the memories of Long Island educators who watched the disaster on ...

At least 18 people have died after a ferry accident in the southern Philippines, with 316 rescued as search efforts continued. The 621-gt ropax Trisha Kerstin 3 (built 1995) was sailing to Jolo in ...

More than 30 vessels were lost and many crew members perished, among them six local lifeboatmen ...