INS Vikrant is a war ship that holds an important place in the history of Maritime India. The Mighty war ship has confronted several battles in the past and has emerged as a winner. The Flight Carrier still continues to enchant people of the whole world.
Peral Submarine – the world’s first electrically operated submersible in the 1880s paved the way for more futuristic submarine designs to be developed across various countries in the world. Learn more about this technologically advanced submarine which was way ahead of its time.
The ABT Summer was a Liberian registered oil cargo vessel, which caused an oil spill after a detonation rocked the ship and sunk it, leading to an oil spill disaster. Find out more about the ABT Summer Oil Spill Incident inside the article.
A popular myth exists that it is bad luck to rename a boat. It is unclear whether this applies to “boats” as big as a 987-foot-long oil tanker, but it is possible that the ship originally known as the Exxon Valdez might be used to argue that the answer is “yes.”
The Challenger Expedition carried out in the early 1870s with the ship HMS Challenger paved the way for newer lines of thoughts for generations and decades to come. What were Challenger expedition and the HMS Challenger ship? Find out inside the article.
Clifford J. Rodgers was the World’s First Purpose Built Container ship in the world. Find out more about the first container ship in the world inside the article.
A cargo ship accident that occurred between a French ship carrying explosives and a Norwegian vessel carrying provisions for wartime relieving provisions, the Halifax disaster in 1917 happened just towards the fag-end of the First World War. The Halifax explosion is regarded an unparalleled chapter in the history of maritime disasters.
Even in death there are many traditions and customs. In the ancient world, in some cultures like those of the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings, the tradition of ship burial was carried out. Ship burial refers to usage of ships for burying the dead. Sometimes, in case smaller boats were used, even the boats used to…
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, which took place from the British Petroleum’s drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, is considered the most gruesome oil spill in the history of marine world. Learn more about the complete story of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in the article inside.
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