Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, embarked on its maiden voyage from Miami.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
The USS Indianapolis warship, which sank during World War II, was discovered in the Pacific Ocean 3.4 miles below the surface.
The San Jose, which sank in 1708, was found near Columbia.
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
The USS Constitution set sail for the first time in 116 years.
Passenger ferry Estonia sinks, killing 852.
The MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands.
Greek-owned cruise ship 'Oceanos' sank off the coast of South Africa due to uncontrollable flooding.
An arson attack on the passenger ferry 'Scandinavian Star' kills 159.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
Oil tanker 'Exxon Valdez' runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
193 people die when a ferry capsizes in the North Sea.
The Wreck of the sunk ship Titanic is found in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Richard Branson's attempt at obtaining the fastest Atlantic crossing ended when his speed boat crashed.
Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, sinks.
The Danube-Black Sea Canal was opened.
The British Royal Navy sinks the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano.
The crew of the Union Star lost their lives along with all eight lifeboat volunteers who tried to save them.
The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was decommissioned in California.
An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 28 people.
After eleven months of imprisonment, 83 men from the US Navy were released by North Korea.
Two Australian warships, the HMAS Melbourne and the HMAS Voyager, collided off the New South Wales coast.
An atomic submarine circumnavigated the globe.
Christopher Cockerell first presents the hovercraft.
The first ballistic missile submarine was launched from Groton, Connecticut, US.
Imperial Japan began a series of submarine attacks on Sydney.
German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy, who found an Enigma cipher machine onboard.
Several internal explosions inside Britain's HMS Vanguard battleship occurred at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
A German U-Boat sinks the RMS Lusitania.
The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.
The HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, was launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
705 survivors of the Titanic arrived in New York City on board the Cunard Liner Carpathia.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
The Titanic departed Southampton for its first and only journey.
The RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, where it was also constructed.
A Morse code distress call was made at sea, which led to the first radio sea rescue.
The famous Great White Fleet left San Francisco to continue its around-the-world journey.
The Great White Fleet began its worldwide navigation.
The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
The White Star Liner SS Ionic was launched at the Queen's Island in Belfast.
The USS Holland (SS-1) became the first modern submarine commissioned for the United States Navy.
The US Navy bought their first-ever submarine called the USS Holland or SS-1.
The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
The first-ever message was sent from a ship to the shore at Cliff House, San Francisco.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France.
The SS Georgiana, the largest ship in the Confederate States Navy, was sunk on her maiden voyage.
Brunel's SS Great Britain ship was launched after taking four years to build.
