In 1919, German crews sank their own fleet at Scapa Flow. 100 years later, its steel became prized by industry for being radioactive-freeIn 1919, German crews deliberately sank much of their surrendered fleet at Scapa Flow rather than allow the ships to be divided among the A...
18 Aug, 2026, 12.59 AM IST
In 1915, pack ice sank Shackleton’s Endurance; 107 years later, explorers found its wreck remarkably intact beneath the Weddell SeaAfter a century-long mystery, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance has been discovered beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea. The remarkable...
15 Aug, 2026, 02.20 PM IST
Indian Navy commissions three indigenously built warships: Dunagiri, Sanshodhak, and AgrayIndia's naval might has been significantly bolstered with the commissioning of three indigenously built warships in Kolkata. Prime Minister...
22 Jun, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
Largest POW grave site: In 1944, the Japanese hellship Hōfuku Maru sank with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard; in 2026, forgotten military documents led to a discovery no one expected 80 years laterA Japanese prison transport ship, the Hōfuku Maru, sunk in 1944, has been found off the Philippines coast. This discovery brings to light t...
19 Jun, 2026, 06.14 PM IST
L&T's Spanish partner rolls out new stealth tech for submarinesThe bio ethanol stealth technology (BEST) is being integrated onto the S 83 submarine under construction for the Spanish Navy and has been ...
26 Nov, 2024, 11.43 PM IST
'Bahubali's' Rana Daggubati excited to play captain in 'Ghazi'Helmed by Sankalp Reddy, the movie is based on his own book, 'Blue Fish'. The movie is expected to release next year.
31 Oct, 2016, 01.37 PM IST
Mini-sub set to re-launch underwater scouring for MH370A mini-submarine hunting for MH370 in the Indian Ocean will be back in the search zone within days as the Australian ship carrying it was n...
10 May, 2014, 04.15 PM IST
Search for Malaysian plane MH370 enters 50th dayThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority has today planned a visual search area totaling approximately 57,311 square kilometres.
26 Apr, 2014, 12.52 PM IST
MH370 search: Australia plans to use system that found TitanicAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that a new search strategy would be adopted if nothing was found in the current search zone.
23 Apr, 2014, 11.43 AM IST
Cyclone halts air search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has planned a visual search area totaling approximately 49,491 sq, kms which is about 1,584 kms No...
22 Apr, 2014, 10.26 AM IST
MH370: Robotic submarine searches two-thirds of underwater areaBluefin-21, a US Navy probe equipped with side-scan sonar, focused the search on an area where four acoustic signals were detected.
21 Apr, 2014, 10.26 AM IST
Underwater search for MH370 black box to end within a weekOn the 44th day of the search operations, the underwater hunt was narrowed to a circular area with a radius of 10km.
20 Apr, 2014, 06.07 PM IST
Robotic submarine completes 7th mission to locate missing jetThe air, surface and underwater search is focused on footage taken by a US Navy deep sea drone, which has narrowed its target range to a ti...
20 Apr, 2014, 12.54 PM IST
MH370: Robotic mini-sub's plane hunt aborted for 2nd timeThis was the second time the search for wreckage of the Boeing 777-200 by the underwater vehicle suffered a setback in as many days.
16 Apr, 2014, 06.43 PM IST
Robotic mini-sub on 2nd search mission to locate MH370 debrisBluefin 21 was deployed last night from Australian Navy ship Ocean Shield to locate the debris of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
16 Apr, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
MH370: Missing plane's black box batteries may have diedAir and sea crews were continuing their search in the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday for debris and any sounds that may still be emanating.
13 Apr, 2014, 05.48 PM IST
Missing jet: Underwater search begins to locate black box of MH370Time is running out in the efforts to detect the pings as the batteries that power the recorders' beacons are expected to expire in the nex...
04 Apr, 2014, 07.05 PM IST