Maritime history

The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), in Virginia, leading to the settlement established on Roanoke Island under John White (c.1540-93 (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke Island?

English actor Trevor Howard as Captain William Bligh on the set of 'Mutiny On The Bounty', directed by Lewis Milestone, 1962. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Q&A: Was Captain Bligh hated by the crew of the Bounty?

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4 revelations about the Titanic disaster

Police hold back Mrs Lillian Bilocca on the quayside at Hull

The 1968 Triple Trawler Disaster and the women who fought for change

The ruins of the Canadian port of Halifax in the wake of the explosion in December 1917. Almost 2,000 people were killed and 9,000 injured when two ships collided at the height of the First World War. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

First World War

Catastrophe in Canada

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British & African Steam Navigation Company postcard showing the Mendi.

First World War

“We die like brothers”: The sinking of the SS Mendi

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5 facts you (probably) didn’t know about Nelson’s navy

Harland & Wolff shipworkers

The story of the Titanic

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A Royal Navy battle

The Royal Navy’s American disaster

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1845: The ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror used in Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest passage. Original Publication: Illustrated London News pub 24th May 1845 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

The Northwest Passage search: behind the scenes of the expedition that found Franklin’s HMS Erebus

Two survivors of the Lusitania disaster

First World War

Did Britain doom the Lusitania?

A painting showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: All at sea

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Mutiny at sea: the forgotten story of murder and brutality aboard HMS Wager

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

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