Watercraft

After the North Sea flood of 1953 destroyed 4,500 buildings, drowned 10,000 animals and killed 1,835 people, the Netherlands began work on the world's largest flood protection project, Delta Works (Dutch: Deltawerken). Today Delta Works consists of over 16,500 kilometres…

The last time we posted an apparently leaky ship, there was a little debate about whether or not there was oil in the water, but I doubt you can deny that there is certainly a oily haze around this container…

CNBC: "I'm curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?" President George W. Bush: "Occasionally. One of the things I've used on the Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see – I've forgot the…

Docked at the Russian Black Sea navy base in Sevastopol, Ukraine we can see an odd looking ship - a Bora Class hovercraft. Designed in 1988, the Bora is by far the largest military hovercraft going and are odd in…

Back in 1962 France launched a ship named Ancerville, which was purchased by the People's Republic of China in 1973 and renamed Minghua. 10 years later the ship was permanently berthed at Shekou, Shenzhen, where she was refurbished and rebranded…

The world famous Custard Lake in Australia supplies the entire state of South Australia with 90% of its annual custard requirements. Um, maybe. Mmmm, custard . . . My guess is that this is probably the bottom of a dry…