Ship with 42 crew and carrying nearly 6,000 cattle sank off Japan, survivor says
A survivor from the ship told the Japanese coastguard the Gulf Livestock 1 fell victim to rough weather during Typhoon Maysak.
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A survivor from the ship told the Japanese coastguard the Gulf Livestock 1 fell victim to rough weather during Typhoon Maysak.
The ship ran aground in east Cork during Storm Dennis and there were concerns about a fuel spillage.
Cork County Council has convened its oil spill assessment team in response to the grounding.
The 200-metre vessel overturned on Sunday and is now visible from the shoreline in Georgia.
Police reported the passengers would be evacuated by helicopter.
More than 500 people died when the RMS Leinster was sunk by three torpedoes in 1918.
36 people died in two separate attacks just 10 days before Christmas in December 1917.
Five of the 13 crew members on board were killed, and the others were lucky to survive.
The ship sank off the English coast in 1740.
All 78 crew members were rescued by Turkish coastguards.
In December 1917 a ship detonated in Nova Scotia, unleashing a blast equivalent to about 3,000 tonnes of TNT.
A 74-year-old woman was reported missing yesterday, a day after the ship set sail from New York.
Global warming means that cruising the Northwest Passage is now a reality.
The Washington sank in Lake Ontario during a storm in 1803.
The navy said the missile went through the trawler, killing the skipper.
It can cut through ice of up to 2.8 metres thick
The Endeavour was the ship used by Captain Cook as he mapped the uncharted waters of the south Pacific Ocean in the late 18th century.
She is one of 113 cruise calls confirmed to visit Dublin Port this year.
Dublin Port is set to be upgraded within the next four years.
RRS I Like Big Boats And I Cannot Lie and RRS Kanye West are also in the running.
One observer said it was most likely the “worst ever” crossing from France and it was “lucky the ship was not lost”.
The Royal Caribbean cruise liner was hit by 30 foot waves and 150mph winds.
The rescue happened today at about 5.45pm.
Ten of the dead were found in the cabin of their boat.
The vessel was used to spy on the US and Britain during the cold war.
It is expected to reach up to $70,000.
A room onboard will set you back a few shillings.
It has also been reported this morning that Ireland is set to take in an additional 600 migrants over the next two years.
There are thousands of soldiers involved in the rescue operation.
The vessel will be bringing 2,700 passengers and 950 cast and crew.
In just 18 short minutes, the boat sank and 1,198 people lost their lives. We hear from two people who lived.
Tomorrow will mark 100 years to the day that the RMS Luistania sinking.
The two arrested are suspected to be traffickers.
Cork will spend the next few weeks commemorating the Lusitania dead and celebrating the rescue effort.
But it could become a Dublin landmark…
The ship was equipped with a system that automatically emits a ‘mayday’ call when under water – but no such signal was sent.
Ireland donated the former LÉ Aoife to help tackle the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. But the gesture’s getting a mixed response from the Maltese.
More than 450 people have been rescued from the ship.
Everybody’s talking about housing people in prefabs, Judge Barry White, seagulls and Islamic State.