A Royal Navy 28 gun frigate c1794

Maritime history

A union flag flown on HMS Queen Charlotte at the battle known as the Glorious First of June, 1794

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Q&AWhen was the Union Jack or Union flag created?

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The mystery of the vanishing lighthouse keepers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What happened to the Franklin Expedition? The real mystery behind The Terror. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Pirate queen' Grace O'Malley. (Illustration by Sue Gent for BBC History Revealed)

Tudor

Grace O’Malley: the fearless pirate queen of Ireland

A 19th-century depiction of HMS Erebus in the ice, by François Etienne Musin. What exactly happened to the ship and its crew remains a mystery. (Picture by Alamy)

Victorian

The Franklin Expedition: what happened on the ill-fated Victorian voyage?

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The shipwreck that sunk a royal dynasty. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Australian Sea Shanty band, c1988

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A brief history of sea shanties

Statue of Leif Erikson (Leifur Erikssonn) in front of Eric the Red's home. (Photo by Draper White, Getty Images)

Viking

Leif Erikson’s voyage to Vinland

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Charles Darwin and the Beagle: how the voyage transformed our understanding of the world

Nelson's passion for Emma – with whom he had a six-year affair – is writ large in his letters

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The ‘lost’ city of Atlantis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A secret WW2 wargame. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The White Ship disaster

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The White Ship disaster"The most disastrous moment in British maritime history". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Oseberg ship from around AD 820 is one of the most well- preserved Viking ships ever excavated (Photo by Noe Falk Nielsen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Viking ships: 5 lesser-known facts

Professor Jan Bill on the HistoryExtra podcast.

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At sea with the Vikings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting by Louis Philippe Crepin depicting the battle of Trafalgar, 1805. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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The battle of Trafalgar, hour by hour: what happened and why did Britain win?

The ‘Pilgrims’ stride onto American soil in 1620 after crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower, as shown in a 20th-century painting. The colony that they established was – initially, at least – a genuinely enlightened place, writes James Evans. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Myth of the Mayflower: the voyage that made America?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Mayflower. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pilgrim Fathers boarding the Mayflower

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5 facts about the Mayflower

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Charles SpencerThe White Ship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A late 18th-century painting of British and French sailors going head-to-head at war

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The uncommon lives of common sailors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Pilgrim fathers arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts on board the Mayflower. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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"They decided that God must be leading them to North America": the Puritans journey to the Mayflower. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mural of the battle of Actium from 1600

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Actium, 31 BC: the beginning of the end for Mark Antony and Cleopatra

The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia

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What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke Island?

The Suez canal

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Wolfson Prize winner 2020 David Abulafia. (Photo by Fran Monks)

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Exclusive podcastDavid Abulafia on The Boundless Sea. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tom Hanks in 'Greyhound' (2020)

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The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound

Lemuel F Abbott's famous 1797 portrait of Horatio Nelson. In 1805, the British naval hero promised to speak publicly against the abolition of slavery, but was denied the opportunity by his death at Trafalgar later that year. (Picture by Alamy)

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Lord Nelson and slavery: Nelson’s dark side

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Henry Avery: the legendary 17th-century pirate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The US cutter Spencer attacks U-boat U-175

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