The disaster is feared to have killed up to 800 people, making it one of the deadliest shipwrecks in decades of seaborne migration from North Africa towards Europe. Italy has begun raising the wreck ...

Based on the reverence the Titanic has in public consciousness, you would think that it was the worst shipwreck of all time.

Throughout history, the world’s oceans, lakes, and seas have claimed countless ships, leaving behind stories of tragedy, mystery, and discovery. Some bodies of water are especially notorious for the ...

It was far from the deadliest shipwreck in the history of the Great Lakes. But none are more enduring. Nov. 10 marks the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 729-foot ore carrier ...