A 500-year-old sunken royal warship has recently unveiled surprising secrets, casting a fresh light on the history of naval warfare and maritime technology of the era. Historical Background of the ...

The sunken Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, may have been carrying a sacred Christian relic when it went down. The guided-missile cruiser sank this week while being towed to port ...

Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing in on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where one of the most decisive battles of the time took ...

Archaeologists have revealed key details about the artillery aboard the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, a late medieval vessel. The carvel-built warship is considered the world's ...

The older Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese aircraft in December 1941. In the modern age, it faces a new enemy: looters intent on plundering its valuable low-background steel. That event marked the ...