If you’re a super-rich seafarer with an avid interest in sports and luxury living, then this mammoth eight-deck superyacht might be the lavish mega vessel for you. The Galleon, the largest design so far in the Goliath Series of superyachts, would provide hours of entertainment with plans showing how it would be fitted out with … Read more
Mind your head! Massive oil drilling platform passes under Forth bridges after being dropped off by world’s largest construction vessel The 382 metre long Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit transferred its huge cargo of a topside drilling platform onto a cargo barge called the Iron Lady The cargo barge was then towed clear of the Pioneering Spirit and … Read more
‘Royal Navy captain ‘smashes £100,000 hole in warship as he tries to dock it in the dark for the first time’ HMS Chiddingfold was being docked in Bahrain when it struck HMS Penzance The 685 tonne Hunt-class mine hunter suffered two holes in her plastic hull The vessel, which was launched in 1983, is in … Read more
‘Royal Navy captain ‘smashes £100,000 hole in warship as he tries to dock it in the dark for the first time’ HMS Chiddingfold was being docked in Bahrain when it struck HMS Penzance The 685 tonne Hunt-class mine hunter suffered two holes in her plastic hull The vessel, which was launched in 1983, is in … Read more
The skipper of a fishing trawler which sank another boat and killed three anglers on board was distracted by his Whatsapp messages, a court heard. David Marr, 55, was sending messages to a friend as his 85ft vessel the Vertrouwen steamed down on the tiny fishing boat known as the James 2. Brighton Crown Court … Read more
A Japanese submarine crashed into a Chinese tanker while it was surfacing after the crew failed to spot the giant ship through their periscope, officials have said. The crew of the Japanese navy’s 275-foot vessel then had to report the incident by mobile phone because the submarine’s radio was destroyed in the crash. Three of … Read more
Harvard University Professor Abraham Loeb, pictured in an undated photo, claims in a new book that aliens visited earth in 2017 but scientists ignored it Aliens already visited earth in 2017 and scientists ignored it, a top astronomer from Harvard has claimed. Professor Avi Loeb, the longest-serving chair at the Ivy League college in Cambridge, … Read more
Carnival Cruise Line has taken delivery of its new £1 billion cruise liner called ‘Mardi Gras’ ahead of her big debut in 2021. The company’s now-largest vessel wights 180,000 tonnes and is 1,130 ft (340m) long, and features a roller coaster that loops around a water park – and six on-board zones, including a French … Read more
A canal boat owner has claimed his 100-year-old vessel sank after it was ‘moved without permission’ during the filming of a Netflix series. Anthony Beanlands, 46, was homeless before moving into his canal boat in Hackney Wick, London, and lost everything he owned when it sank two weeks ago. He had been living with family … Read more
Royal Navy warship HMS Tyne shadows Russian intelligence gathering vessel and her supporting tanker in UK waters off north west coast of Scotland Patrol ship HMS Tyne has kept close watch on Viktor Leonov and Sergey Osipov Have been sailing around Moray Firth, where they sheltered from Storm Aiden Tyne is part of Task Force One, … Read more