NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour today ruled out a last-minute intervention and the decommissioned frigate will be sunk off Avoca Beach on the NSW Central Coast today. His decision dashed the hopes of the ...

Environmental activists had sought to halt the planned scuttling of the warship, warning that it could pollute the marine food chain Brazil has sunk a decommissioned aircraft carrier despite ...

It was the single greatest loss of warships in history, inflicted not by an enemy, but by a thwarted commander who refused to allow his seagoing might to become the spoils of war. Now, a century on ...

The pelagic grave of the long-suffering Lumberman lies open, its pallbearers waiting only for clear weather to tow it out and send it to the embrace of the crushing depths. “We have secured all ...

President Donald Trump wants FEMA to be dissolved and leave disaster response to the individual states. There are many bad outcomes possible with this approach and at least one has been completely ...

The scuttling of the German naval fleet in Orkney's Scapa Flow following the end of the First World War is to be marked 100 years on. It was described as the "single greatest act of naval suicide the ...

CAMPAIGNERS'' hopes of preventing the scuttling of decommissioned frigate HMAS Adelaide have been sunk after the NSW Ombudsman ruled out a last-minute intervention. The campaign group No Ship Action ...