Divers recently uncovered the remains of a Royal Navy warship off the Isle of Wight — 118 years after it went down. The ship, HMS Tiger, sank in 1908 after colliding with another Royal Navy warship, the 10,000-ton HMS Berwick, news agency SWNS reported. More than half of HMS Tiger’s 57 crew members were killed in the sinking. The wreck remained undiscovered until Aug. 10, when the ProjectXplore dive group announced its discovery. Images show divers exploring the twisted and rusting remains of HMS Tiger on the seabed over a century after it sank. A wreath was also laid on the wreck in memory of those who died.

Fox News. “118-year-old Mystery Solved After Divers Locate Lost Warship Below the Waves.” New York Post, August 21, 2026. https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/science/118-year-old-mystery-cracked-as-divers-discover-lost-warship-beneath-the-waves/.

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The Titanic ride at Graveley Fruit Farm near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, sees the replica ship lift at one end to slide customers downwards, resembling the sinking of the ocean liner. Manager Will Campbell-Gray said: “We’re keeping the memory of Titanic alive and we’re not making fun of the dead at all.” He added the ride was renamed The Big Tipper last year after complaints were made online, but the original name was restored after his wife received threats demanding it was changed back.

Fullbrook, Danny. “Hitchin Fruit Farm Defends Titanic-themed Ride After Backlash.” Last modified August 20, 2026. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqe37zrw2xo.

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Combining historical accuracy, guided storytelling, and room-scale VR technology, this 35-minute experience goes far beyond movie screens and museum glass—placing you directly inside the story of the RMS Titanic.

Ramanand, Liz. “Dive 12,000 Feet Underwater and Step Inside History: NYC’s New Titanic VR Experience Is Open.” Secret NYC. Last modified August 19, 2026. Accessed August 20, 2026. https://secretnyc.co/titanic-echoes-from-the-past-vr-tickets-nyc/.

For tickets, hours of operation, and other information, click here.

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The deadliest maritime disaster of all time wasn’t the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 or the Lusitania in 1915. That unfortunate distinction belongs to a more recent, but far less famous, catastrophe: the torpedoing of the German ocean liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945. While no one will ever know the exact death toll, historians estimate that as many as 9,000 men, women and children died aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, compared with about 1,500 aboard the Titanic and 1,200 aboard the Lusitania.

Daugherty, Greg. “What Was the Deadliest Maritime Disaster in History? | HISTORY.” HISTORY. Last modified August 19, 2026. https://www.history.com/articles/wilhelm-gustloff-ship-disaster.

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The sinking of the Titanic has entered folklore to such an extent that practically every other maritime disaster is measured against it. Equally, the dreadful loss of life on that bleak April night in 1912 – and the sequence of unfortunate events that precipitated it – was so awful that, on the face of it, nothing could ever really bear legitimate comparison. And yet, today marks the 70th anniversary of what has been referred to as “the Titanic of the 1950s” – a description that is far from inaccurate. True, the events of July 26 1956 did not come at a cost of 1,496 people. Nor have they been the subject of a major Hollywood movie. But in other ways – a luxury liner heading for New York; a sudden but avoidable collision; damage that, from the first moment, could only have one result; a manic race to save those in peril; a wreck site in the North Atlantic – there were significant similarities.

Leadbeater, Chris. “The Tragic Sinking of the ‘Titanic of the 1950s’  the Wrecking of Italian Liner SS Andrea Doria, 70 Years Ago on Sunday, Bore Eerie Similarities to the Most Infamous Maritime Disaster Ever.” The Telegraph. Last modified July 26, 2026. Accessed August 20, 2026. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ss-andrea-doria-sinking-tragedy/.

Suggested Titanic Reading
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Archbold, Rick, and Dana McCauley. Last Dinner on the Titanic Menus and Recipes From the Great Liner. Hachette Books, 1997.

Behe, George TITANIC: SAFETY, SPEED AND SACRIFICE, Transportation Trails, Polo, IL 1997

Behe, G. (2012). On board RMS Titanic: Memories of the Maiden Voyage. The History Press.

Behe, George. Voices From the Carpathia: Rescuing RMS Titanic, 2015.

Behe, George. The Triumvirate: Captain Edward J. Smith, Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews and the Sinking of Titanic.History Press, 2024.

Behe, George. Fate Deals a Hand: The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers. History Press, 2023.

Ballard, Robert D. Exploring the Titanic. Reprint. Madison Press Books, 2014.

Ballard, Robert D., and Rick Archbold. The Discovery of the Titanic. New York, N.Y.?: Warner Books, 1987.

Ballard, Robert D., Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria the Ocean Floor Reveals Its Greatest Lost Ships(Hyperion, 1998).

Brewster, H. (2013). Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World. National Geographic Books.

Cameron, Stephen. Titanic: Belfast’s Own. Colourpoint, 2011.

Eaton John P. & Haas Charles, TITANIC TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, SECOND EDITION, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, New York, 1995 First American Edition

Fitch, Tad, J. Kent Layton, and Bill Wormstedt. On a Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic. Reprint. Amberley Publishing, 2015.

Lord, Walter, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, New York, 1955. Multiple revisions and reprints, notably Illustrated editions (1976,1977,1978 etc.)

Lord, Walter, THE NIGHT LIVES ON, Willian Morrow and Company, New York, New York, 1986 (First Edition)

Lynch, Don & Marshall Ken, TITANIC AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Madison Press Books, Toronto, Ontario Canada, 1992

Marshall, L. (2019). Sinking of the Titanic: The Greatest Disaster At Sea – Special Edition with Additional Photographs. Independently Published.

Rossignol, K. (2012). Titanic 1912: The Original News Reporting of the Sinking of the Titanic. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

Wade, Wyn Craig. The Titanic, End of a Dream, 1979.

Wilson, A. (2012). Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived. Simon and Schuster.