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Sunken 19th century ship found with Champagne cargo off Swedish coast
Sunken 19th century ship found with Champagne cargo off Swedish coast
A team of Polish divers has discovered the wreckage of an old sailing ship loaded “to the brim” with luxury goods including porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral water about 190ft deep off the Swedish coast.

Fri, 26 Jul, 2024

Iran blamed after armed men attack ship near Strait of Hormuz
Iranian forces seize container ship near Strait of Hormuz
Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard have landed on a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel, authorities said.

Sat, 13 Apr, 2024

Iran blamed after armed men attack ship near Strait of Hormuz
Iran blamed after armed men attack ship near Strait of Hormuz
Commandos have raided a ship near the Strait of Hormuz by helicopter in an attack attributed to Iran amid wider tensions between Tehran and the West.

Sat, 13 Apr, 2024

Ship carrying livestock that was stranded at sea for month finally docks in Australia
Ship carrying livestock that was stranded at sea for month finally docks in Australia
A ship carrying thousands of animals that has been stranded at sea for almost a month has finally docked in Australia, where welfare concerns mean some of the livestock is expected to be offloaded.

Fri, 02 Feb, 2024

Indian navy monitors bulk carrier believed to have been hijacked by pirates
Indian navy monitors bulk carrier believed to have been hijacked by pirates
The Indian Navy said on Saturday that it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers – likely Somali pirates – in the Arabian Sea.

Sat, 16 Dec, 2023

Search for missing crewmen after cargo ship sinks in heavy seas off Lesbos
Search for missing crewmen after cargo ship sinks in heavy seas off Lesbos
A cargo ship sank off the Greek island of Lesbos in stormy seas early Sunday, leaving 13 crew members missing and one rescued, authorities said.

Sun, 26 Nov, 2023

Israeli-owned ship ‘targeted in suspected Iranian drone attack in Indian Ocean’
Israeli-owned ship ‘targeted in suspected Iranian drone attack in Indian Ocean’
A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire has come under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defence official said.

Sat, 25 Nov, 2023

One dead and 11 crew still missing after cargo ship sinks in Black Sea
One dead and 11 crew still missing after cargo ship sinks in Black Sea
Severe storms and flooding have killed nine people across Turkey, including one seaman who died when a cargo ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, officials said. Eleven other crew from the ship were reported missing.

Mon, 20 Nov, 2023

Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in Red Sea
Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the southern Red Sea and taken its 25 crew members hostage. The moves have raised fears that regional tensions heightened by the war are spilling into the seas.

Mon, 20 Nov, 2023

US and UK sailors help merchant ship ‘harassed’ by Iranian attack vessels
US and UK sailors help merchant ship ‘harassed’ by Iranian attack vessels
US and UK sailors came to the aid of a ship in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” the vessel, the US Navy said.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2023

Explorers find sunken Japanese ship lost with 1,000 Allied PoWs
Explorers find sunken Japanese ship lost with 1,000 Allied PoWs
A team of explorers have found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives.

Sat, 22 Apr, 2023

The Naomh Eanna
Calls to restore historic ferry left languishing in Dublin dock
Irish artist Nathan Wheeler, who is researching derelict sites across Ireland, said the ship would now cost a lot of money to restore.

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

Thailand Navy Ship
Thai navy holds funeral for six dead from sunken warship
Thailand’s prime minister attended funeral rites on Thursday for six sailors who died when their warship sank in stormy weather, leaving 23 others still missing.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022

Thailand Ship Sinking
Thai navy searching for 31 missing sailors after ship sinks
Thai navy ships and helicopters are searching for more than 30 sailors still missing more than 17 hours after their warship sank in rough seas in the Gulf of Thailand.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Thailand Ship Sinking
Rescue underway for sailors in water after Thai navy ship sinks
A Thai navy ship sunk in the Gulf of Thailand and ships and helicopters were working on Monday to rescue sailors from the water. As of mid-morning local time, 75 sailors had been rescued and 31 were still in the water, the navy said.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

China Ship Emergency
Fourth crew member rescued after engineering ship sinks
Rescue teams searching for missing crew members from a Chinese engineering ship that sank over the weekend have saved a fourth person and recovered 12 bodies, Chinese maritime authorities said.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2022

China Ship Emergency
Dozens of crew in danger as ship sinks in storm off Hong Kong
An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said on Saturday.

Sat, 02 Jul, 2022

Cargo ship splits in two after running aground in Japanese port
Cargo ship splits in two after running aground in Japanese port
The 39,910-ton wood-chip carrier Crimson Polaris went aground on Wednesday while sailing inside Hachinohe Port

Thu, 12 Aug, 2021

Israel accuses Iran of drone attack on oil tanker that left Briton dead
Israel accuses Iran of drone attack on oil tanker that left Briton dead
Israel’s prime minister has directly blamed Iran for a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman that killed two people, making a veiled threat to retaliate as Tehran denied being involved in the assault.

Sun, 01 Aug, 2021

Drone strike blamed after blast kills two on oil tanker off Oman
Drone strike blamed after blast kills two on oil tanker off Oman
US Navy explosives experts believe a drone strike targeted an oil tanker that came under attack off the coast of Oman, killing two on board including one from the UK.

Sat, 31 Jul, 2021

Two killed in attack on ship linked to Israeli billionaire off Oman – reports
Two killed in attack on ship linked to Israeli billionaire off Oman – reports
Two crew members, including one from the UK, were killed when an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire reportedly came under attack in the Arabian Sea off Oman on Thursday.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021

Sri Lanka Ship Fire
Turtle carcasses wash ashore in Sri Lanka after ship fire
Post-mortem analysis on the carcasses is being performed at five government-run laboratories and separately by the Government Analysts Department, said an official from the wildlife department

Tue, 22 Jun, 2021

Sri Lanka Ship Fire
Sri Lanka testing for oil in waters near stricken cargo ship
Sri Lankan authorities have taken water samples to try to determine whether a fire-ravaged cargo ship slowly sinking off the coast is leaking oil, officials said.

Fri, 11 Jun, 2021

Iran Navy Fire
Iranian navy’s largest warship sinks in Gulf of Oman
The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semi-official news agencies reported.

Wed, 02 Jun, 2021

Norway Ship
Salvage crews tow drifting Dutch freighter to port in Norway
A joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to safely tow to land an abandoned Dutch cargo ship that had been adrift off the coast of Norway.

Thu, 08 Apr, 2021

Norway Ship
Salvage team gets control of stricken ship off Norway’s coast
A joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation defied heavy seas to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast of Norway and was towing the ship to port.

Thu, 08 Apr, 2021

Norway Ship
Efforts to salvage stricken cargo ship off Norway postponed for a day
Bad weather conditions have postponed efforts to salvage a Dutch cargo ship that has been drifting off the coast of Norway for two days after its crew was evacuated, Norwegian maritime officials said.

Wed, 07 Apr, 2021

Norway Cargo Ship
Fears for cargo ship after crew evacuated off Norway following distress call
An unmanned Dutch cargo ship may be in danger of capsizing in heavy seas off the coast of Norway after its crew was evacuated following a distress call from the vessel.

Tue, 06 Apr, 2021

Belfast archive being used in bid to stem leaking shipwreck off Canadian coast
Belfast archive being used in bid to stem leaking shipwreck off Canadian coast
The MV Schiedyk lies an estimated 400 feet under water off the western coast of Vancouver in Canada.

Mon, 15 Feb, 2021

Mauritius Oil Spill
Protests in Mauritius over fuel oil spill from grounded ship
Thousands of people have taken part in a protest in the capital of Mauritius over the government’s handling of an oil spill from a grounded Japanese ship and the alarming discovery of dozens of dead dolphins in recent days.

Sat, 29 Aug, 2020

Dolphins die in Mauritius near Japanese ship’s oil spill
Dolphins die in Mauritius near Japanese ship’s oil spill
At least 14 dead dolphins have washed up on the coast of Mauritius, where a Japanese ship ran aground last month and spilled more than a thousand tonnes of fuel, environmental groups have said.

Wed, 26 Aug, 2020

Mauritius Oil Spill
Work starts on removing split ship off Mauritius coast
Work has begun to remove the two pieces of a grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil into the protected coast off Mauritius and broke apart.

Mon, 17 Aug, 2020

Mauritius Leaking Ship
Leaking oil ship splits apart near protected areas off Mauritius
The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has split apart, officials said, with remaining fuel spreading into the turquoise waters.

Sat, 15 Aug, 2020

Mauritius Oil Spill
Mauritius seeks compensation as workers race to pump oil from grounded ship
Mauritius says it is seeking compensation from the owners of a Japanese ship that spilled oil after it grounded in the shallow waters off the Indian Ocean island nation, while urgent efforts continue to pump out the remaining fuel.

Wed, 12 Aug, 2020

Mauritius Oil Spill
Mauritius races to empty oil tanker before it breaks up
Urgent efforts have increased in Mauritius to empty a stranded Japanese ship of an estimated 2,500 tonnes of oil before the vessel breaks up.

Mon, 10 Aug, 2020

Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship
Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship
Residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves on Saturday to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril.

Sat, 08 Aug, 2020

Mauritius Leaking Ship
Mauritius declares emergency as fuel spills from grounded ship
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground two weeks ago began spilling tons of fuel.

Sat, 08 Aug, 2020

Ship hits historic mansion on Istanbul's Bosporus Strait
Ship hits historic mansion on Istanbul's Bosporus Strait

A cargo ship has crashed into a historic mansion on Istanbul's Bosporus Strait, severely damaging the building.

Sat, 07 Apr, 2018

Vintage View: Our fascination with the famous wreck of the Titanic
Vintage View: Our fascination with the famous wreck of the Titanic

Kya deLongchamps explores our fascination with the famous wreck of all time in the number of museums dedicated to the RMS Titanic.

Sat, 07 Apr, 2018

'Very historical day' as cruise liner arrives in Belfast for major refit
'Very historical day' as cruise liner arrives in Belfast for major refit

The arrival of a towering cruise liner in Belfast ahead of a major refit project has been hailed as a new chapter for the city's shipping industry.

Wed, 04 Apr, 2018

Seven crew missing after US destroyer collides with merchant ship off Japan
Seven crew missing after US destroyer collides with merchant ship off Japan

Seven crew members are reportedly missing and one injured after a US Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan.

Sat, 17 Jun, 2017

Watch as German navy ship departs Cork under blue skies
Watch as German navy ship departs Cork under blue skies

The German FGS OKER navy boat was shipping out of Cork this morning after being berthed at the Port of Cork.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2017

Ireland's first floating hotel planned for Cork
Ireland's first floating hotel planned for Cork

Ireland's first floating hotel and restaurant is being planned for the city centre quays in Cork.

Tue, 03 Jan, 2017

China is building a full-size replica of the Titanic
China is building a full-size replica of the Titanic

This one probably won’t sink.

Mon, 05 Dec, 2016

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