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The British brig Dei Gratia was about 400 miles east of the Azores on December 5, 1872, when crew members spotted a ship adrift in the choppy seas. Capt. David Morehouse was taken aback to ...

The Royal Navy has shadowed three Russian ships through the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. HMS Cattistock and a Wildcat helicopter were deployed to escort survey ship Admiral ...

Thirty-two people were brought ashore, conditions unknown, after a vessel collided with a tanker carrying Jet-A1 fuel causing multiple explosions.

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After months at sea, Selkirk's ship put in at the island (named Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966) with a leaky hull and restive crew. But an extended stay didn't quell Selkirk's misgivings.