Shipwreck

44 survivors were rescued off the coast of the Canary Islands, including three in critical condition who were evacuated by helicopter. The boat, carrying more than 100 people, departed from Gambia on August 7 and lost its way. The President of the Canary Islands stated: "The Atlantic continues to be a route of death."

Search efforts for the missing in the ferry disaster off the coast of Northern Cyprus continue around the clock. Authorities have confirmed eight deaths, with 20 people still missing. Turkey has dispatched a naval search and rescue vessel to the scene to assist in locating the missing and recovering the ferry's black box.

A new study brings back to the headlines one of the most unusual archaeological discoveries found in the Namibian desert: a nearly 500-year-old Portuguese merchant ship, accidentally uncovered in 2008 during diamond mining, containing thousands of gold coins, dozens of tons of metals, and ivory. The study, published this month, examined the efforts to preserve the treasures since their discovery...

The boat of two Mexican fishermen sank within minutes, leaving them drifting in the Pacific Ocean without food or water. They improvised a raft from a cooler and empty fuel tanks and were located after signaling a rescue plane by waving a piece of cloth. After more than 100 hours of survival, one of them declared he is retiring from fishing.

A maritime mystery that lasted 118 years has come to an end: divers announced on August 10 that they had located off the Isle of Wight in southern England the remains of HMS Tiger, a military vessel of the British Royal Navy that sank in 1908. The disaster occurred following a collision with HMS Berwick, and more than half of the 57 crew members perished. The discovery came after five years of...

An unusual finding was accidentally revealed off the coast of France: during a routine military operation to survey the seabed in 2025, the French Navy identified an anomalous object using sonar. Subsequent checks conducted with the help of underwater vehicles revealed at a depth of about 2,500 meters a merchant ship that likely sank in the 16th century. The vessel, which is more than 30 meters...

Among the victims are 18 children, 16 of whom were under ten years old, with the youngest being just one year old. The state-operated ferry was significantly overloaded, carrying at least 119 adults and crew members despite a 90-person limit, excluding an uncounted number of children.

At least 44 people have died after a passenger boat capsized yesterday, Tuesday, on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. 77 people have been rescued so far, and the search for additional passengers continues.

A Byzantine-era shipwreck discovered off the coast of Croatia likely carried a high-ranking official. Excavations have revealed over 600 grams of gold, including coins and a signet ring from the 7th or 8th century.

Shipwreck fragments discovered more than a decade ago off the southern coast of Croatia date back to the 7th or 8th century AD. After years of analysis, archaeologists have determined that the vessel was carrying a high-ranking official and their entourage, revealing the largest gold hoard ever found on a shipwreck in the Mediterranean.