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UK’s largest concentration of wrecked warships given new legal protections - Scapa Bay off the coast of Orkney has about 100 ...
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 ...
Historians said new finds could be ‘the missing link’ to understanding more about England’s shipbuilding history ...
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 ...
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.