In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West, shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the shipwreck and ...

As the only new type of locomotive of its size and capability built during the war, Canadian Pacific and the Merchant Navy ...

A sea captain and namesake of Conyngham Borough so harassed merchant ships that the English hesitated to sail around their ...

While the legends of José Gaspar are full of alleged adventure and swashbuckling, history tells a different story.

Another version of the legend says Gaspar’s path to piracy started at the tender age of 12, where he kidnapped a young girl and was offered a choice to join the Spanish Navy or go to prison ...

Embarking on a career as a Deck Cadet in the Merchant Navy is an exciting journey. This role offers adventure, travel, and the chance to work on the high seas. If you're passionate about maritime life ...

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Speaking at the Stimson Center, Christopher Clary, who teaches at the University of Albany, said Washington would be “least conflicted about [the Indian navy] finding and destroying” Chinese ...

It was a guild of merchants called the Five Hundred. In my new book on the Cholas, Lords of Earth and Sea, I have described the Five Hundred as a merchant corporation or assembly, for convenience. But ...

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti set a goal for the Navy last fall that she conceded might be a little aspirational: to have 80 percent of the Navy’s fleet ready to deploy at any ...

The current Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro picked the new names as part of his duties, according to Navy Officials, although the announcement was made by the White House. The two vessels ...