The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted ...

The sinking of "Himara" on January 19, 1947 off Evia resulted in a loss of at least 383 people and has been dubbed as the ...

When a fire broke out aboard a U.S. Navy ship in San Diego, it should have been contained quickly. Instead, a series of overlooked warnings, poor communication, incompatible equipment, and neglected ...

Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), conducted an inspection visit to the Sri Lanka Navy ...

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 ...

Chief Officer Rab McKillop, left, in uniform on Merchant Navy Day in Glasgow ​Chief Officer “Rab” McKillop, who has died aged 77, was a Merchant Navy purser who in his charmed life ...

A retired Coast Guardsman, a researcher, and a mother and engineer describe their time working with Captain Sam Kodaimati and the voyage of the former Navy torpedo retriever he bought at auction in ...

If disaster response is the Indonesian Navy’s true priority, expanding and modernizing its existing fleet would deliver far ...