After 100 years, a grad student accidentally found new images of the tragedy. — -- One hundred years after a boat capsized in the Chicago river, killing 844 people, archival footage of the ...

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to live through a storm surge engulfing your home, your roof being blown off in a tornado, or fleeing from devastating wildfires — you no longer have to.

Saturday marks the 308th anniversary of the sinking of the pirate ship, Whydah, after one of the worst storms in history hit the boat off the coast of Cape Cod. The ship was commissioned in 1715 by ...

All 1,081 feet of the Epic, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, had disappeared and we were nowhere near the Bermuda Triangle. We were in Catania, Italy, and when we departed for lunch the ship was there.

Part 1. : The beginnings. Introduction -- The origins of ship design -- Wrought iron becomes steel -- Hulls -- Propulsion machinery in 1900 -- The watertube boiler -- Part 2. : The ships. The ...