He commissioned the Vasa to be built with two gun decks, 64 bronze cannons and a crew of 450 men. On 10 August 1628 the ship set sail on its maiden voyage, but only a few metres offshore, as everyone ...

Would you dare to hit the open seas and experience some of the worst ship disasters of all time? From explosions to icebergs and massive storms to the infamous “poop cruise,” we’ll take you around the ...

The deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history killed as many as 1,800 people near the end of the Civil War, but it earned ...

In January 1945, as Soviet forces tore through Eastern Europe, the former cruise liner MV Wilhelm Gustloff was thrown into Operation Hannibal, the vast German sea evacuation across the Baltic. Packed ...

Graph illustrating the stark increase in global trade (exports and imports) in the late 1800s, with an exponential increase (dashed colored line) becoming particularly marked by circa 1980. Numbers ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: In 1865, a massive explosion just outside of Memphis lit up the night sky in the deadliest ship disaster in 19th-century United States history.