The Sinbad disaster didn’t have to happen
For tourists aboard the Sindbad, the final moments of their planned jaunt below the waves will have been a hellish,…
Our nuclear submarines are spending too long at sea
A Vanguard-class submarine used for Britain’s nuclear deterrent has resurfaced after a record-breaking 204 days at sea. Relatives gathered on…
Christmas on patrol with the Royal Navy’s submariners
This Christmas, a Royal Navy Trident submarine will be quietly prowling the seas as part of the Continuous At Sea…
Is a Russian threat floating off the English coast?
It is a little unsettling that the merchant ship MV Ruby is anchored off Margate, carrying 20,000 tonnes of Russian ammonium nitrate.…
How did the superyacht Bayesian sink?
On Monday morning at 5 a.m. the superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily, leaving one man dead and six…
The Titan deaths were utterly avoidable
When the news broke that the Titan submersible was missing, naval experts immediately recognised that the chances of saving the…
There’s still little hope that the Titan will be found
The thought of laying eyes on the wreck of Titanic has tantalised the world since the ship’s rediscovery in 1985. Now the…
