In 1629, the Batavia - a Dutch East India Company flagship - struck a reef off the coast of Western Australia. Over 200 passengers and crew survived the initial wreck, but what followed was far more ...

From the column: "At the top of any such list is the Titanic, probably the most famous sea-saga disaster of all time." ...

Thousands of shipwrecks lie in the 4,080 square miles of the Bay and its feeder waters. The archaeologists, divers, and other ...

Hurricane Erin swept away the mast of the Sea King, a trawler wrecked off Barnegat Light in 1963. The mast had been a visible landmark on the beach for decades. BARNEGAT LIGHT -- Hurricane Erin ...

SALEM — The Peabody Essex Museum will be holding a screening and Q&A session Sunday for the documentary “76 Days Adrift,” which tells the story of survival of naval architect Steven Callahan as he ...

Richard Weir says action was needed after the shipwreck had been on the beach more than six weeks.

Shipping season is underway on the Great Lakes; and while nearly everyone is familiar with the dangers if "the gales of November come early," sailors know just as well how dangerous early season ...

A cargo ship lying at the bottom of the sea off the Belgian coast has been fitted with a new treasure chest: a stash of rare flat oysters. Molluscs have mostly disappeared from the North Sea due to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." More than a century after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the world’s most famous shipwreck ...

A prominent shipwreck explorer and husband of one of New Jersey’s top attorneys died during a deep-sea diving expedition. Joe Mazraani, 47, suffered the emergency on July 29 while diving to the ...