Group of 11 Albanian stowaways including a pregnant woman and a 17-year-old boy are discovered on car transporter ship in Southampton docks Police were called at 11.25am today after stowaways were located in Dock Gate 4 Pregnant woman taken hospital and boy to be transferred to childcare services They were found on board Swedish-owned MV … Read more
A doting dad has spent a year building a 50-foot ship in his front garden after his daughter wished for a pirate-themed Halloween. Tony DeMatteo, 41, from Rochester, New York, started building the ship for 13-year-old daughter Ali in November last year. The amazing boat, which was completed early this month, stretches across their entire garden … Read more
The grandfather of an 18-month-old girl who plunged to her death after falling from a window of a cruise ship in Puerto Rico last year has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide. Salvatore ‘Sam’ Anello of Valparaiso, Indiana, admitted to the charges on Thursday after initially pleading not guilty last October. The 51-year-old was charged with … Read more
Apple customers forking out up to £1,400 for a new top-of-the-range iPhone 12 Pro will, for the first time, not get a charging block or headphones with the device. According to the tech giant, this is part of a move to cut down its environmental impact and help save the planet, one of Apple’s purported … Read more
Mind the gap! Cruise line captain takes £300million new ship through lock with only 20in to spare each side – and emerges without a scratch The feat was performed by Captain Kim Tanner and Saga’s new cruise ship Spirit of Adventure The challenge came on the Saga ship’s first voyage from its shipyard in Germany … Read more
Searching for submarines? Unmanned US ‘spy ship’ powered by solar energy and designed to avoid detection is found off the coast of Scotland A £300,000 Wave Glider boat was found on the coast of Tiree, west Scotland Wave Gliders are used by the US and British navies but it has not been claimed The Russian … Read more
A top scientist has accused ministers of neglecting small laboratories that could save Britain’s chaotic testing system from collapse – as Labour called for Health Secretary Matt Hancock to resign over a swabbing bungle that saw thousands of cases missed. The Government is staring down the barrel of catastrophe as infections continue to spike and officials struggle … Read more
Cruise ships from Britain and the United States are being scrapped at a Turkish dock after the multi-billion pound industry was smashed by the coronavirus crisis. The coronavirus cruise liner graveyard at the port in Aliaga, a town 30 miles north of Izmir on Turkey’s west coast, bustled with work again on Friday as scrapyard workers … Read more
HISTORY THE WHITE SHIP by Charles Spencer (William Collins £25, 352 pp) On a cold but clear November night in 1120, almost exactly 900 years ago, a ship sailed out of Barfleur harbour on the Normandy coast, bound for Southampton. Everyone on board was cheerfully drunk but perfectly optimistic. The tide had turned and was with … Read more
A ship believed to have been used by the Dutch Empire during the 17th century has been found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The vessel, known as a fluyt, was a three-masted ship with a hull designed to maximise cargo capacity and minimize crew numbers and also carried no guns. It was made with … Read more