Some of the most famous ships in history have sailed with female names on their hull. Queen Elizabeth. Mary Celeste. Lady Washington. Even now, seafarers still refer to vessels as "she." It doesn't ...

There's a certain romance about life on the open seas, and so much of our world today was built off the back of sea-faring vessels. From Tudor warships to the remarkable ocean liners that defined a ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

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 ...

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 ...

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a tragic story of enslavement and commerce from the time of the trans-Atlantic ...