The Cuauhtémoc, a training ship used for the Mexican Navy that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, was embarking on an annual transcontinental journey that marks the completion of cadet training.

Just before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, several onlookers in Brooklyn were enjoying one of New York City’s sunnier days, when they witnessed a Mexican Navy training ship hit the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge,

Sea cadets in Leicestershire will benefit from advanced maritime training after a community grant helped pay for a state-of-the-art ship simulator. Loughborough Sea Cadets received £2,750 as part of Charnwood Borough Council's community grants programme.

The doomed sailors aboard the Mexican tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge were participating in a touching tradition called “manning the yards,’’ which pays homage to host ports, at

The accident occurred when the majestic white training vessel Cuauhtémoc was departing from lower Manhattan’s Pier 17 on the East River shortly after sunset on Saturday.