During a hurricane off Cape Town on 5 November 1799, the Royal Navy ship of the line HMS Sceptre was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss more than two-thirds of its crew. Just a few hundred metres from where Sceptre was lost, lay the Danish ship of the line Oldenborg . The two...
One of the things I value the most about planning specialized wreck diving trips around the world is not only getting an opportunity to dive these sites, but also getting totally immersed in the history and circumstances that put these steel hulks at the bottom of the ocean. The more I read...
A group of divers working off the coast of Scotland found the wreck of what's believed to be a World War I ship that sank with more than 500 sailors on board. The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914, according to Lost in Waters Deep, a U.K. agency ...
Though SS Porthos, a French steamer was able to rescue 31 crew members and all ten passengers, five crew members and including the Captain died in the maritime disaster. HMS Hermes in Batticaloa The world’s first aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes descended into the ethereal world under water ...
Now that jinx of a ship had again hard-luck trip as she was next year put on embargo The longshoreman said that the crew was not paid they refused unload her oil cargo If that wasn't enough there were times to come tough as she again hit the rocks near Salerno ...
to the Admiralty that "the loss of this outstanding submarine and her commanding officer is much to be regretted.” After WW2 a building at the Royal Navy's submarine headquarters at HMS Dolphin was named after HMS Urge, followed by another named after her Captain, Lieutenant Commander ...
The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, is on trial accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. Thirty-two people died in the catastrophe. (Reporting by Isla Binnie; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
A group of divers working off the coast of Scotland found the wreck of what's believed to be a World War I ship that sank with more than 500 sailors on board. The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914, according toLost in Waters Deep, a U.K. agency that...