Who really invented the trireme, the famous warship of the ancient Greeks, and when did this happened? What do ancient texts reveal?
From the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, archaeologists have uncovered a rare glimpse into the naval power of the late Middle Ages. This warship, lost in 1495, carried an ...
The fires of gunfire have long since burned down to memory, and the decks that quivered beneath the salvos of main battery gunfire now lie still. Former symbols of naval might and prestige, the United ...
LONDON, UK — When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it sparked a hunt by archaeologists, scientists and local historians ...
Harland & Wolff’s Belfast yard not ready to build key section of MoD vessel, says Spanish shipbuilder Navantia ...
A UK warship is set to be built in Spain for the first time in modern history as Belfast’s shipyard is not up to scratch yet, the company responsible for the project has said.
Some other little-known facts about Olympia (and the time she served during): • She was one of the first ships with electricity, refrigeration, experimental radio, and SONAR. • During her service, ...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines welcomed yesterday the arrival of its newest and most advanced guided-missile frigate,the ...
John Dickie's fascination with the 1757 Fortress Louisbourg hurricane began when he was researching the underwater wreck of HMS Tilbury.
Japan reached a new defense milestone in the summer of 2025 after successfully test-firing a high-power electromagnetic ...
The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying. The U.S.S. Indianapolis at port in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1937. The sinking of the ...