It holds pre-1941 merchant seamen's service records ... one of the most dangerous sea passages in the world. U-boats were sinking allied ships at a rate of one every 36 hours.

Three people were rescued ... of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector Long Island Sound. Authorities were then notified that an oyster boat had heard the mayday call and found the sinking vessel ...

From patrolling the far-flung reaches of the Empire to escorting vital merchant convoys ... could not stop every U-boat getting through. Before his death in 2020, Able Seaman Peter Gibbs, the ...

This married couple loves to explore shipwrecks, and on this day they're heading to a location that attracts divers from ...

Five fishermen were plucked to safety after abandoning their sinking vessel off the coast of Scotland. The crew of the Onwards vessel took to their life raft after their boat began taking in water ...

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

Upon arrival, rescue crews found the two passengers in the water, pulled away from their sinking boat by the river’s strong current. Firefighters quickly brought both individuals to safety ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Two people were rescued from a sinking boat in the St. Johns River Saturday afternoon, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue. Officials said units from the West ...

Four migrants died in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday, the Greek coastguard said, the latest migrant boat sinking in recent weeks. The coastguard said in a statement the bodies of three men and a ...