US firm designs 520ft mega vessel Galleon with four giant sails and eight decks

If you’re a super-rich seafarer with an avid interest in sports and luxury living, then this mammoth eight-deck superyacht might be the lavish mega vessel for you. The Galleon, the largest design so far in the Goliath Series of superyachts, would provide hours of entertainment with plans showing how it would be fitted out with … Read more

French send 95ft patrol vessel to Jersey amid post-Brexit fishing row

French officials today sent in a 95ft patrol vessel to Jersey which is less than half of the size of two Royal Navy warships which are already roaming the Channel amid an ongoing row over post-Brexit fishing rights. The Athos boat travelled along the River Seine from Rouen to Le Havre then around Cherbourg towards … Read more

Wreckage found in hunt for lost Indonesian submarine: Search teams discover items from sunken vessel

Wreckage has been found in the hunt for the lost Indonesian submarine with 53 crew members after search teams discovered items from the sunken vessel, said the country’s navy. Rescuers found several items including parts of a torpedo straightener, a grease bottle believed to be used to oil the periscope and prayer rugs from the … Read more

Enormous 984-foot-long vessel could launch with 160 scientists on board by 2025 

An emission-free ‘nuclear powered’ 984ft-long science exploration vessel, as large as the world’s longest cruise ship will launch in 2025 with 22 cutting edge laboratories and over 400 people on board. The Earth 300 vessel, being developed by The Iddes Yacht company, has been designed to ‘unite science and exploration to confront Earth’s greatest challenges,’ … Read more

Royal Navy vessel suffers £100,000 of damage after docking accident in Bahrain

Royal Navy captain ‘smashes £100,000 hole in warship as he tries to dock it in the dark for the first time’ HMS Chiddingfold was being docked in Bahrain when it struck HMS Penzance  The 685 tonne Hunt-class mine hunter suffered two holes in her plastic hull The vessel, which was launched in 1983, is in … Read more

Royal Navy vessel suffers £100,000 of damage after docking accident in Bahrain

‘Royal Navy captain ‘smashes £100,000 hole in warship as he tries to dock it in the dark for the first time’ HMS Chiddingfold was being docked in Bahrain when it struck HMS Penzance  The 685 tonne Hunt-class mine hunter suffered two holes in her plastic hull The vessel, which was launched in 1983, is in … Read more

Trawler captain was ‘sending Whatsapp messages as vessel hit and sank a smaller boat court hears 

The skipper of a fishing trawler which sank another boat and killed three anglers on board was distracted by his Whatsapp messages, a court heard. David Marr, 55, was sending messages to a friend as his 85ft vessel the Vertrouwen steamed down on the tiny fishing boat known as the James 2. Brighton Crown Court … Read more

Trawler captain was ‘sending Whatsapp messages as vessel hit and sank a smaller boat court hears 

The skipper of a fishing trawler which sank another boat and killed three anglers on board was distracted by his Whatsapp messages, a court heard. David Marr, 55, was sending messages to a friend as his 85ft vessel the Vertrouwen steamed down on the tiny fishing boat known as the James 2. Brighton Crown Court … Read more

Inside Carnival’s new £1billion cruise ship: The 1,130ft long, 180,000 tonne Mardi Gras vessel

Carnival Cruise Line has taken delivery of its new £1 billion cruise liner called ‘Mardi Gras’ ahead of her big debut in 2021. The company’s now-largest vessel wights 180,000 tonnes and is 1,130 ft (340m) long, and features a roller coaster that loops around a water park – and six on-board zones, including a French … Read more

Canal boat owner is left homeless when his 100-year-old vessel sinks

A canal boat owner has claimed his 100-year-old vessel sank after it was ‘moved without permission’ during the filming of a Netflix series. Anthony Beanlands, 46, was homeless before moving into his canal boat in Hackney Wick, London, and lost everything he owned when it sank two weeks ago. He had been living with family … Read more