A Royal Navy 28 gun frigate c1794

Maritime history

Georgian

Q&AWas Captain Bligh hated by the crew of the Bounty?

Police hold back Mrs Lillian Bilocca on the quayside at Hull

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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)

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First World War

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

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Matthew Perry Entertaining Japanese Commissioners on Ship

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Lady Hall launches the British India Company passenger liner SS Uganda in Clydeside docks with the traditional bottle of champagne, 1952. The first time champagne was used to launch a ship was when Queen Victoria launched HMS Royal Arthur in 1891. (Photo by George Douglas/Getty Images)

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Crew of the HMS Terror. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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A Royal Navy battle

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Victorian

Q&AWhere does the word ‘posh’ come from?

A Roman galley warship

Roman

Q&AHow did a crow help Rome defeat Carthage?

Two survivors of the Lusitania disaster

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A painting showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada

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

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Bronze Age

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Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

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Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

Photo of HMS Hood

Second World War

Q&AWhy did HMS Hood sink so quickly in 1941?

An oil painting by John Cleveley The Elder depicting the Royal Naval Dockyard

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Destroyer escorts fire depth charges against submarine raiders in the Atlantic during the Second World War. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Nelson mortally wounded at Trafalgar in 1805

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A coloured engraving from the 16th century depicting Walter Ralegh's arrival in Virginia. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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The battle of the Nile, fought at night in the Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. (Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Second World War

Britain’s 10 most significant naval battles

An American privateer is shown repelling a British attack during the War of 1812. Despite some notable successes, the British regarded the entire conflict as a sideshow and quickly forgot it. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

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The RMS Titanic. (Image by Perspectives/Getty Images)

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'Tirpitz' hiding in a Norwegian fjord in 1942. “She outclassed anything in the British fleet,” says Patrick Bishop. (Getty Images) 

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