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Barnato was a British entrepreneur and Randlord who disappeared at sea after mysteriously falling overboard, and was later found dead on 14 June 1897 at sea near Madeira, Portugal. [283] 29 September 1913 Rudolf Diesel: 55 English Channel: The German inventor of the diesel engine disappeared from the steamer SS Dresden on the way from Antwerp ...
Short video about the Dead Sea from the Israeli News Company. The Dead Sea (Arabic: اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت, romanized: al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or اَلْبَحْر الْمَيْت, al-Baḥr al-Mayt; Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, romanized: Yam hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the Israeli-occupied West Bank to ...
Burial at sea for two casualties of a Japanese submarine attack on the US aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay, November 1943. Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries.
Nearly 2,000 people floated in a line in a salty lake in Argentina setting a new Guinness world record for the most people floating while holding hands.
The Boat Dwellers, also known as Shuishangren (Chinese: 水上人; pinyin: shuǐshàng rén; Cantonese Yale: Séuiseuhngyàn; "people living on the water") or Boat People, or the derogatory Tankas, [2] [3] are a sinicised ethnic group in Southern China [4] who traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Shanghai, Zhejiang and along the Yangtze river, as ...
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot ...
A group of divers recently happened upon a disturbing sight in the Cayman Islands — hundreds of decomposing sea creatures tangled up in a 'ghost net.' Hundreds of dead sharks found trapped in ...
The couple were not discovered to be missing until two days later, on 27 January 1998, after a bag containing their belongings was found onboard the dive boat. A massive air and sea search took place over the following three days. In February 1998, a women's wetsuit matching Eileen Lonergan's size washed ashore in north Queensland. [5]