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The carcass of a humpback whale that washed ashore on the Danish island of Anholt is confirmed to be that of Timmy, a whale that was stranded off the coast of Germany for several weeks before later being released into the North Sea. The Ocean Museum Germany concludes that Timmy likely died shortly after being released from the barge due to exhaustion.
2026-05-16

A cargo ship captain is sentenced to six years in prison for gross negligence after his ship collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea off the coast of East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK, in 2025, killing one person.
2026-02-4

An oil tanker is reportedly on fire in the North Sea off the coast of Kingston upon Hull, England, after colliding with a cargo ship. Thirty-seven crew members are rescued by search and rescue boats, with 32 injured and one hospitalized when brought to shore.
2025-03-10

Storm Babet impacts the United Kingdom, bringing gale force winds and heavy rains, killing two people in Angus, Scotland, and another person in Shropshire, England. The crew of a Danish fishing trawler is rescued by the RNLI in the North Sea.
2023-10-19

The UK's National Trust says that an outbreak of bird flu on the Farne Islands in the North Sea has killed over 3,000 wild birds. However, the actual death toll is estimated to be around ten times higher because birds may have fallen into the sea.
2022-07-25

A Norwegian rescue coordination centre says the crew of MV "Eemslift Hendrika" was evacuated by helicopter overnight, with some having jumped into the North Sea, after the vessel began listing heavily. The ship, which specialises in transporting luxury yachts, has lost power, may sink, and is drifting towards the Norwegian coast.
2021-04-6

Two men are found guilty at London's Old Bailey of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese people whom they were smuggling into the UK. The 39 people suffocated in a lorry during the journey across the North Sea, from Zeebrugge to Purfleet, in October 2019.
2020-12-21

Scotland's Court of Session fines Greenpeace £80,000 for breaching an injunction against the occupation of a Transocean oil rig in the North Sea.
2020-07-3

The High Court in Glasgow sentences Banff resident Connor Ward to life in prison with a minimum term of six years for plotting an anti-Islamic terror attack against mosques in Aberdeen.
2018-04-12

The passenger ferry "MS King Seaways", en route from Newcastle, England, to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, catches fire in the North Sea; a man is arrested on suspicion of arson.
2013-12-29