Some passengers jumped overboard and clung onto rafts, while others were offered refuge when the collapsible lifeboats floated out of the sinking ship. After only 18 minutes, the Lusitania had ...

When German U-boat Commander Walther Schwieger ordered a torpedo strike on the Lusitania, he didn't know it would be the shot that eventually led the U.S. into WWI. But it wasn't a mistake ...

During the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, one documentary film The Sinking of Lisbon Maru garnered widespread acclaim in China. The film not only recounts a relatively obscure episode of World War ...

The U-boat skipper stared through his periscope through the murky September waters of the North Atlantic. He smiled at what ...

Skirmishes in the South China Sea and a counterattack in Kursk. The ongoing and almost simultaneous military excursions by China and Russia within their spheres of influence have taken global ...

Mike Lynch’s widow may have survived the Bayesian superyacht sinking because her concerns about the safety of the vessel prompted her to leave her cabin, its former captain has suggested.

But Fatima Island’s days are numbered: it is sinking. “Sometimes you don’t even see it, it’s just the tree sticking out,” said Gallanos, who owns a kayak hire outlet in the area ...

Vera, who was in her early nineties, was honoured at Naas Library in 2015 on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship ... bravely dived 40ft off the deck of the Lusitania after the liner was ...

North Korea tests ballistic missile capable of carrying 'super-large' warhead North Korea reported testing a tactical ballistic missile carrying a super-large warhead and an upgraded strategic ...

The 19 August Bayesian yacht sinking saw seven people out of 22 on board die, including British businessman Mike Lynch Divers travelling to the wreck of the Bayesian yacht have retrieved a vital ...

Established in 1802, Aberdeen was one of Scotland's earliest stations. A second station followed in 1875, and by 1925, the Aberdeen lifeboat had saved 589 lives. That year, the RNLI assumed control of ...

The event sees a scroll, bearing the RNLI pledge, being passed through RNLI communities – lifeboat stations, lifeguard units and fundraising branches – around the UK and Ireland and being signed by ...