French cargo ship in Galveston Bay exploded, killing nearly 600. It spawned first big class-action lawsuit against U.S. government.

On its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, marking the deadliest maritime disaster in history during ... became one of the greatest ...

When the ship disembarked from Southampton, England, it carried more than 2,200 passengers and crew, but only about 700 were rescued after it struck an iceberg. Using remotely operated underwater ...

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On the 113th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking, National Geographic is set to release a documentary that offers an unprecedented look at the legendary maritime disaster. Utilising advanced ...

The environmental health center had also handled a variety of other issues like cruise ship outbreak investigations ... All capacity for natural disasters response has been eliminated," agency ...

but the vast majority of passengers and crew - over 1,500 - have already perished in one of history's greatest maritime disasters.

Witness the incredible scale of disaster when a massive container ship loses more than 1800 containers at sea. This unprecedented shipping catastrophe resulted in billions of dollars in damages ...

but the vast majority of passengers and crew - over 1,500 - have already perished in one of history's greatest maritime disasters. They stayed behind to shovel coal into the ship's furnaces to ...

Despite surviving the maritime disaster, Jimmy succumbed to tuberculosis six years later.