An historic boat en route to the Wooden Boat Festival has sunk after taking on water.. The crew of 1958 pilot cutter Goondooloo called police at 3:45pm on Wednesday after the vessel experienced a ...

The latest accident involved a wooden boat taking passengers to a market in the village of Ikoko Bongonda, local media reported. The capsizing was believed to have been caused by turbulent waters ...

Wooden boat sinks off Nigeria. Published 12 years ago. 1min. Calabar, Nigeria - At least 45 people died when a wooden boat carrying 166 people from south-eastern Nigeria capsized off the coast, ...

Residents and local media in northwestern Cong say at least 30 passengers including several students have been killed in a boat sinking in the Equateur province amid extreme weather.

The 20-metre boat was described by police as "historic". Police said it had previously served as a pilot vessel on Sydney Harbour and was "only one of three of its type". The Wooden Boat Festival ...