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John Dickie's fascination with the 1757 Fortress Louisbourg hurricane began when he was researching the underwater wreck of ...
Historians said new finds could be ‘the missing link’ to understanding more about England’s shipbuilding history ...
After it was hit by a German torpedo during World War I, a British warship sunk to the bottom of the North Sea, where it has ...
In Operation Highmast, American, British, and Japanese warships capable of launching F-35 fighter jets will participate.
Recent dives on the 320-year-old wreck have found “that a remarkably large section of the warship may survive intact on the seabed,” according to a July 31 news release from Historic England.
Wooden remains of the Earl of Chatham, a British warship from 1749 that was used during the American Revolution, were discovered by a schoolboy on one of Scotland's Orkney Islands.
The HMS "Hind," later renamed the "Earl of Chatham," was a frigate in the British Royal Navy before it was repurposed as a ...
David Grann's book, The Wager, is about an 18th century British warship that wrecked on an island after passing through the treacherous waters of Cape Horn. The castaways faced terrible conditions ...
They are the descendants of the sailors of the Bounty — the infamous British warship whose crew mutinied in 1789 and went ashore at Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean.
British warships had copper plates installed below the waterline to prevent biofouling. The Turtle's auger couldn't get through this metal layer, which was harder than expected.