Disasters at Sea

A massive bulk carrier snaps in two and sinks into the North Atlantic.

Witness an explosion at sea, a heroic rescue, and an urgent investigation as we examine the 2004 Bow Mariner disaster.

Find out the chemical combination that caused the container vessel Flaminia to explode in the middle of the Atlantic.

A fishing vessel and its experienced crew vanish off the Alaskan coast.

Find out why it took just a half hour for the cutting-edge ferry Herald of Free Enterprise to flip over, killing 193.

Discover the role a dense fog and an emergency release system played in the disappearance of a tugboat in Scotland.