A major oil spill which killed thousands of birds is still being debated, three decades later.

Thirty years ago today, on February 15, 1995, the tranquillity of Pembrokeshire’s coast was shattered when the oil tanker Sea ...

The SS Eastland rolled onto its side while tied to a Chicago dock. Poor design, overcrowding, and ignored warnings led to one of the worst civilian maritime disasters in American history ...

I grew up on the beaches of Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales. Visits to Tenby were my family's summer ritual: sand between our toes, paddling in rockpools, strawberry syrup on ice cream.

Disasters at Sea is a documentary series about the most mysterious and unexpected marine disasters in recent history, recreated through the visceral first-hand accounts of seamen and women on their ...

Powys naturalist and TV presenter Iolo Williams recalls the Sea Empress oil spill 30 years on, calling it the worst event he has witnessed.

Presenter and naturalist Iolo Williams has described the Sea Empress oil spill as the “worst event” he has ever witnessed ...

The National Maritime Museum is highlighting the 30th anniversary of one of the UK’s worst environmental disasters, which happened in Milford Haven ...

As the passengers were so tightly packed, many were killed straight away while others died later from shrapnel wounds. Then two more boilers exploded. About 1,500 people were burned, trampled or ...

Nearly all Duluthians and Northlanders are familiar with the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, taking with it all 29 crew members. Many who were around when it happened ...

A little-remembered maritime disaster that occurred off the coast of Westerly in 1907 will be the topic of a free program Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Babcock-Smith ...