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Bodies of 17 migrants found off Tunisia coast
Tunisia is a key departure point for migrants seeking to reach European shores.
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The wooden ship had not been seen since it went down in the Weddell Sea in 1915.
Maritime authorities said 138 people were on the 12-metre-long boat.
The MV Alta washed ashore in Co Cork during Storm Dennis in February 2020.
The MV Alta washed ashore in Co Cork during Storm Dennis in February.
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The MV Alta washed ashore in Co Cork during Storm Dennis last month.
Two Irish maritime archaeologists living in Iceland and Australia have created a virtual reality video of an old shipwreck.
The bodies of shipwreck victims are usually swept away or eaten by fish, and rarely survive decades, much less centuries.
The Washington sank in Lake Ontario during a storm in 1803.
Here’s how the tanks got there.
About a dozen people managed to swim to safety after the accident.
The drugs are reported to belong to the mafia.
Human error has been blamed for the sinking of the ship in a new report.
“I’ll do what I have to do. But I won’t be able to stop thinking about the cabin where we spent the best week of our lives.”
The 111-year-old wreckage was washed up onto a beach in Kerry in 1903, but has become dislodged.
The ‘Sunbeam’ schooner had lain partially buried in the sand just offshore ever since she ran aground while on a voyage from Kinvara in Cork in 1903.
The Empire Heritage transport ship was torpedoed off Malin Head in 1944, with the loss of 113 lives.
“They forced us to watch our men being tortured with various methods including batons [and] electric shocks to the feet. Whoever rebelled was tied up”.
“A perfect operation, I must say,” said one of the engineers after the cruise ship – on its side since January 2012 – was pulled upright overnight.
Italian engineers are expected to begin the operation this morning with flotation tanks to be attached to the underwater side of the vessel.
The salvage has been delayed for almost a year because of technical difficulties.
Items such as ceramic cups and dishes, clothing and artifacts from Britain and Mexico were found on board the ships.
The longest sentence went to the crisis coordinator who was sentenced to two years and 10 months in jail.
The Griffin disappeared in 1679 – but now a beam has been found that may have been part of the ship.
The brother and sister thought they were going to drown or be eaten by a shark when the found themselves stranded at sea.
Workers have to undergo a four-day mountain climbing course before starting the job to equip themselves for the dangerous conditions.
Dozens of survivors are suing ship owner Costa Crociere and its US parent company Carnival Corporation for hundreds of millions of dollars.
A study into shipwrecks over the years shows that when it comes to survival it is every man for himself.
TheJournal.ie has been looking into issues surrounding the Titanic disaster 100 years after the ship struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage.
In the wake of the Rena and Concordia disasters, TheJournal.ie takes a look into ship salvaging and the ownership of ‘lost’ cargo.
The ship sank one hundred years ago next month on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic.
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