A Nazi patrol boat sunk by the RAF in World War II is leaking toxic pollutants into the sea and is set to be even more dangerous as it rusts away, a new study has revealed. The V 1302 John Mahn was a German fishing trawler used as a patrol…
A four-year-old Syrian girl who left Lebanon for Europe on a fishing boat with 60 other migrants died of thirst after no ship or country came to their aid. Loujin Ahmed Nasif had boarded the boat with her mother and one-year-old sister in their attempt to seek a better life…
Turkey is shipping more than 1.5 million carnations for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. Florists are said to be working overtime in Turkey's Antalya and Isparta provinces, which are both renowned for their flower industries, according to Turkish media. Growers are reportedly turning to air cargo, instead of land freight, to…
Greenpeace UK has placed 18 limestone boulders on the seabed in the western English Channel to block destructive industrial fishing. On Thursday 1 September, campaigners and crew on board Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise sailed to the South West Deeps (East) Marine Protected Area to make a portion of the area…
The Black Death was only possible because human civilisation had become advanced enough to allow rats to survive and flourish, according to the first study of the ancient genes of the black rat. Rattus rattus, otherwise known as the black, house, ship, or roof rat is one of the most…
This is the moment a pod of dolphins swims alongside a cruise ship near the UK mainland’s most westerly point. The scene was filmed near Ardnamurchan Point, Scotland, by skipper Neil White, 46, on the MV Glen Shiel cruise ship. He shared the clip on social media with the message:…
A survivor of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in 2012 has received nearly GBP 80,000 in compensation for ‘post-shipwreck stress’. The Costa Concordia cruise ship struck an underwater rock, capsized, and sank off Giglio Island near the coast of Tuscany on 13th January 2012. The Court of Genoa has…
These images show how Russian cosplayers who built a life-size replica of the Mandalorian's ship before it was destroyed by bad weather have doubled down with an impressive replica of Luke Skywalker's X-Wing. Newsflash spoke to Ayaal Federov, 29, in an exclusive interview about the new X-Wing starfighter and he…
These shocking images show a 32-foot whale carcass that was found wedged on the bow of a Japanese tanker as it pulled into harbour. The images were captured in the port of Mizushima in the Japanese city of Kurashiki City on Monday (20th September). The Mizushima Coast Guard Department was…
A huge cargo ship has run aground off the Bulgarian coast and the authorities have accused the Turkish crew of either sleeping or boozing and failing to change its course. The Vera Su, a cargo ship owned by the Turkish company Kamer Shipping and flying under the Panamanian flag, ran…