More than six times deadlier than the Titanic, yet rarely remembered. The sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff claimed the lives of up to 9,000 people—mostly civilians—during the chaos of WWII’s final ...

The Titanic's sinking claimed over 1,500 lives. There were well-known people among the casualties.

While disaster can strike at any time, an unusual number of tragic events seem to take place on a few inauspicious days in April. Eerie coincidence?

In the icy chaos of the Baltic Sea during the final months of World War II, the cruise liner MV Wilhelm Gustloff attempted a ...

The project, led by National Geographic and Atlantic Productions for a new documentary titled Titanic: The Digital ...

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Here are some facts you might not have known about the ship, its crew, and the discovery of the ship.

Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of ...

A year after Baltimore's deadly bridge collapse, a new study shows such incidents remain likely because of larger ships and increased traffic.

A year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, Baltimore is grappling with a wide range of issues related to the ...

A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught ...

Travel back in time with me as we somberly approach the anniversary of one of the world’s biggest civilian maritime disasters ...

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