A cargo ship is due to be examined for damage this afternoon after losing half its cargo in storm swells off the south coast.

A major rescue operation is getting underway to reach a seriously injured captain of a cargo ship damaged in treacherous seas.

There are reports that four Irish people are among the 100 passengers that had to be rescued from a stricken cruise liner in the Antarctic Ocean today.

A passenger ferry en route from Rosslare to Cherbourg is drifting without power off the south coast of England.

A British oarsman has spoken of the moment a rogue wave split his team’s boat - and delivered a “killer blow” to hopes of breaking the transatlantic rowing record.

A search is expected to resume today for three crew missing from a French trawler which sank off Cornwall yesterday, British coastguards said.

A massive rescue operation was under way today after a French trawler was believed to have capsized, with at least two of its crew feared dead.

The two contaminated former US Navy ships at the centre of an environmental row are expected to arrive in the Channel soon.

Two former US Navy ships contaminated with chemicals, travelling to Britain from the United States, are expected to reach the Channel tomorrow, the Coastguard said today.

An Irish coastguard helicopter was flying 230 miles into the Atlantic to the aid of a stricken fishing vessel today.

Storm force winds with gusts of up to 80mph were expected to batter Southern England and Wales again tonight.

A massive air and sea search was launched today for a man swept out to sea after a group of 11 people became cut off by the tide while camping in a shore-side cave.

Choppy waters will make the search for a missin g QE2 crewman difficult, according to the rescue team.

Ten British tourists trapped on a stricken boat off the coast of Bali have been rescued after more than 24 hours stranded in rough seas.