Maritime history

Harland & Wolff shipworkers

The Library The story of the Titanic

A Royal Navy battle

The Royal Navy’s American disaster

The history of maritime travel could explain why we use the word 'posh' for the British upper classes. (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)

Q&A Where does the word ‘posh’ come from?

The ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror used in Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest passage. Illustrated London News, 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

A Roman galley warship

Q&A How did a crow help Rome defeat Carthage?

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

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

An emergency cutter lifeboat carrying a few survivors from the Titanic, seen floating near the rescue ship Carpathia on the morning of 15 April 1912. Why were so few on board the Titanic rescued? (Photo by Ralph White/Corbis via Getty Images)

Q&A Why were so few on board the Titanic rescued?

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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The North Sea and Bronze Age remains

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Tudors at sea: 8 ways to survive a voyage

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

Q&A What was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

Photo of tall ship

Q&A Who do we say 'shot across the bows'?

Photo of HMS Hood

Second World War

Q&A Why did HMS Hood sink so quickly in 1941?