The Clermont steamboat by Robert Fulton made its maiden trip up the Hudson River.
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The first ballistic missile submarine was launched from Groton, Connecticut, US.
Inventor Robert Fulton tested his 66-foot long boat on River Seine in Paris, France.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
An arson attack on the passenger ferry 'Scandinavian Star' kills 159.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.