This ill-fated ship has been called the Titanic of its day. More than 900 years ago, William, the only legitimate son of Henry I of England, was returning from France with a huge entourage. At ...

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Mayflower, Constitution, Titanic, Bismarck – these are all the names of legendary ships. History-changing ships. Ships that created legends and stories that were more than just their sails, ...

Maritime history dates back to the very dawn of humanity, with some scientific circles suggesting we've been sailing the high seas since the late part of the Early Pleistocene, roughly 900,000 years ...

In 1800, the naval ship “Ganges” intercepted schooners carrying 135 enslaved people and brought them to Philadelphia.

Does the name Los Barcos ring a bell? Or Las Carabelas? You most likely know them as the Columbus fleet. The ships negotiated choppy waters for decades in Corpus Christi before the last remaining one, ...

In the rock tumbler of history, the Revolutionary War produces a few well-burnished moments. Washington crossing the Delaware in small boat at Christmastime. Paul Revere galloping around Massachusetts ...

I have raised the subject of SL-7’s as museum ships before in a cursory fashion, but lunch with John Riddle, a retired Sea-Lander, convinced us that it deserves a bit more consideration. Based on ...