Maritime history

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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

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

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?

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The story of the Titanic

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The Royal Navy’s American disaster

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?

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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. Artist: Charles Calvert

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

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The North Sea and Bronze Age remains

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Tudors at sea: 8 ways to survive a voyage