It was the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk by enemy forces during World War II, the navy said in a news release. About 100 of the ship's crew of approximately 270 were killed. The ship had ...

During the forenoon of January 15th, the Russian oceanographic research vessel Yantar arrived in a position 40 nautical miles north of Oran, Algeria, and 216 nautical miles east of Gibraltar. Fourteen ...

The Brazilian Navy has confirmed that a wreck found in 2011 is that of a Brazilian auxiliary ship sunk in 1944 by a torpedo from the German U-boat U-861. About 100 lives were lost when the Vital ...

An effort will be made by a Dutch ship salvage firm to dig up the SS Patria, a vessel sunk in the Port of Haifa, eight years before Israel was established with the loss of 202 Jewish immigrants ...

Taking a trip to the Museum of Prehistoric Thera is a great way to finish exploring the ruins of Santorini's ancient cities. This tiny museum in the heart of Thera houses frescoes and other ...

Brazilian Navy On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops during World War II. Now, more than 80 years later ...

There is a clear geographical reason why the eruption of Thera cannot have caused the rest of the Ten Plagues. The Bible makes it quite clear that the Ten Plagues (after the first few) did not affect ...