Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cruise ships promise luxury, leisure, and escape—but sometimes, those dreams go disastrously off course. Behind the glossy ...

In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship came dangerously close to one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history. While crossing Hustadvika, a stretch of Norway’s coast known for treacherous ...

A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines. Rescuers have saved at least 316 passengers and retrieved 15 bodies, officials said.

In 1907, the SS Columbia — the first passenger ship in the world equipped with electric lighting — was involved in a fatal collision off the California coast. Despite its modern design and advanced ...

Mason packed the ship with about 2,000 soldiers plus 300 other passengers – about six times her capacity. At 2am, a few miles from Memphis, Tennessee, one boiler suddenly exploded. As the passengers ...