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The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Incident is the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers—James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald McArthur—who vanished without leaving any trace from the lighthouse on Eilean Mòr, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, in December 1900. The Disappearance of the Keepers On the morning of 15 December 1900, the three keepers had completed their routine maintenance and cleaning duties. By the afternoon of the same day, their fate had become uncertain. On the rele

The Berlenga Lighthouse, officially known as the Duke of Bragança Lighthouse, is a historic structure located at the summit of Berlenga Grande Island in the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal. The island, a granite mass anchored several miles off the coast northwest of Peniche, hosts the lighthouse at its highest point, at coordinates 39º 24',99 N latitude and 09º 30',47 W longitude. The lighthouse is operated by the Portuguese Navy Directorate of Lighthouses (Direção de Faróis) and remains an active coas

The Falklands War, known in Argentina as the Malvinas War (Guerra de las Malvinas) and in some sources as the South Atlantic War (Guerra del Atlántico Sur), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and associated territories in the South Atlantic.【1】 Following Argentina’s military operation on 2 April 1982 to seize control of the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom dispatched a task force comprising naval, air, and land units; the 7

Mersin Maritime Museum, established on 14 July 2011 in Mersin, aims to reflect the naval warfare history and the social, historical, and technical development of the Turkish Naval Forces Command. Located in the Gazi Quarter along Adnan Menderes Boulevard, the museum was constructed in three blocks under the authority of the Turkish Naval Forces Command. As Türkiye’s fourth maritime museum, it was established after the Istanbul Maritime Museum (1897), Çanakkale Maritime Museum (1982), and İskende

Mersin Sea Museum is a museum opened to the public in Mersin on 14 June 2011 with the aim of reflecting naval history and the social, historical, and technical development of the Command of the Turkish Naval Forces. Located in the Gazi Quarter along Adnan Menderes Boulevard on a place area of museum, it was constructed in three blocks under the Command of the Turkish Naval Forces. As Türkiye's fourth maritime museum, it was established after the Istanbul Sea Museum (1897), Çanakkale Sea Museum (

Alanya Tersanesi, Antalya’s Alanya district, within the fortress and harbor fabric, is a significant historical structure associated with Seljuk maritime activities. Due to its location facing the Mediterranean Sea, its five-bay plan, and its original architectural layout, the dockyard is regarded as a prime example of pre-Ottoman naval infrastructure serving both military and shipbuilding and maintenance functions. It is noted as the first dockyard built by the Seljuks in the Mediterranean and