South Africa has won a legal claim over $43 million worth of treasure from a World War II shipwreck that was found off the country's coast by a British exploration company, the U.K. Supreme Court said ...

UK-based broadcaster Kash Kumar Solanki and his son Emile, who have been trying to locate the survivors of the 1942 tragedy, have been contacted by the son of the third survivor, Chotoo Khoosal (98). ...

For the first time in 83 years, the wreck of the SS Tilawa has been seen and documented! Lost in the Indian Ocean in 1942 after being struck by two Japanese torpedoes, the passenger and cargo liner ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A sunken treasure’s destiny should have been settled in the high seas. Instead, it ...

Abdul Gaffer Osman, 91, is one of a few known, living survivors of the little-known tragedy of the final voyage of SS Tilawa in 1942 Standing on a ship in the middle of the Indian Ocean during World ...

With the support of the Maritime Mumbai Museum Society (MMMS), we were able to organise the first ever commemoration to officially acknowledge the tragedy, and memorialise the loss of 280 lives. The ...

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1896 changed Bombay’s fortunes turning the city into one of the most important ports in the region. The Arabian Sea was reclaimed to build the city a new pier and the ...

The 83rd anniversary of the SS Tilawa sinking, which claimed 280 lives in 1942, was recently commemorated in Leicester, UK. The passenger-cargo liner, torpedoed by a Japanese submarine near Seychelles ...

MUMBAI: The sinking of the passenger-cargo liner, SS Tilawa, which sailed from Mumbai in 1942, was commemorated on the 83rd anniversary at a public function in Leicester, UK, recently. The 80th ...