Uniworld River Cruises’ SS Elisabeth launched in spring 2025, joining sister ship SS Victoria – they are both part of the ...

Both are big passenger ships, but there are key differences between ocean liners and cruise ships. They help explain why true ...

Among their finds were tableware, tools, almonds, sailor's sandals and even spear points in the hull – possible evidence that the ship sank in an attack. The ship and many of the artefacts she carried ...

Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished engineer. During World War One, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and ...

As this column, the last in the series is published, we will be approaching Armistice Day. November 11, 1918, was when the warring parties agreed that hostilities would cease at 11:11 a.m. in Central ...

In 1958, the British oil tanker, SS San Flaviano, was sunk in the harbour of Balikpapan, Indonesia, while a rebellion was underway against President Ahmed Sukarno. It’s reported the bomb was dropped ...

Swarms of passengers visiting the main sights simultaneously can ruin the experience you've shelled out thousands to 'enjoy'.

Careful observers have noticed an eerie resemblance between Trump's pose and that of Alfried Krupp, who was convicted at ...

The Sovremenny-class destroyer is a Soviet-designed warship built for the Russian Navy and later exported to China.

Described as a 'home for a wannabe Bond villain', it certainly looks the part. But after a year on the market with a price tag of £1.7million, Bunker Six Eighty One has not yet attracted a buyer.

These are the best replicas of the world's most famous ships around the world, including museums and floating hotels.

There are in Europe a few rara avis territories whose current status is the result of historical peculiarities. One of them ...