In just over a year, a ship that might have ended up in the scrapheap has been transformed into a must-see for visitors.

CNN: A worthy wreck for divers: USS Kittiwake

Four hours after the initial crack, Gavignet's first Route du Rhum ended as he climbed aboard a Greek cargo ship that would carry him to safety.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

She ended up working as a cleaner on a cruise ship and finally, in 1952, was murdered by a man who had become obsessed with her.

BBC: Polish spy Krystyna Skarbek remembered

Heineken senior was the first foreign brewer to ship beer to the United States after prohibition ended in 1933.

ECONOMIST: Freddy Heineken

's ill-fated 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage: a British voyage that set out to establish a sailing route through the Arctic and ended with the untimely, mysterious deaths of its two ship crews.

ENGADGET: University of Victoria's Mano underwater robot to prowl Arctic waters for legendary ships

The command of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia faced mounting scrutiny at the weekend over its handling of the ship's ill-fated journey, which ended in a disorderly evacuation and at least five deaths.

WSJ: Shares in Ship-Operator Carnival Plunge

But his military career was ended abruptly when his left leg was blown off in an attack by Argentinian fighter planes on the landing ship, Sir Galahad.

BBC: Soldiers join war trauma lawsuit