Stories of ocean liners that met disaster at sea.
The Morro Castle Disaster
On 8 September 1934, Ward Line’s Morro Castle caught fire on a stormy night off…
Browsing: Disasters at Sea
35 Years Ago: The Day They Found Titanic
On 1 September 1985, an expedition led by Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic…
Oceanic’s Fatal Voyage
In opening days of World War I, on 25 August 1914, the newly-designated HMS Oceanic, until…
White Star Line’s Lusitania
White Star Line’s Arabic (1902) sank on 19 August 1915 after being torpedoed by a…
Majestic Spears a Schooner
On 30 July 1894, before sunrise and in dense fog off the Grand Banks, White…
The Andrea Doria Disaster
On 26 July 1956, Italian Line’s Andrea Doria sank after colliding with Stockholm of Swedish-American…
Norge and the Granite Iceberg
Until Titanic sank, the Norge tragedy of 1904 was the worst-ever Atlantic maritime disaster. On…
Slavonia Sends an SOS
The SOS distress call was used for the first time on 10 June 1909 when…
The Empress of Ireland Tragedy
The Empress of Ireland disaster was the second of the three major ocean liner tragedies…
Sun Vista’s Dark Day
On 20 May 1999 Sun Vista (ex-Galileo Galilei (1963)), bound for Singapore from Phuket, Thailand,…