Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into ...

following Britain's 1807 abolition of the African slave trade, the Royal Navy's Preventative Squadron attempted to stop the traffic of stupendously profitable human cargoes to the New World. While ...

It was originally named for a slave-owning Confederate general who ... a posthumous Medal of Honor for heroism. One current Navy ship, the USS Miguel Keith, and a future ship, the USS Bob Kerrey ...

For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest rate of mesothelioma, a cancer ...

Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help ...

Go ahead and Subscribe here. While not the biggest cruise line in the world, MSC Cruises still boasts an impressive more than 20 ships in its fleet. These ships range from older, smaller ships ...

A 5th century wooden ‘stitched ship’ – recreated using ancient stitching techniques and constructed using coconut fiber stitching, traditional wooden joinery, coir rope and natural resins and powered ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan detained a Chinese-crewed cargo ship on Tuesday (Feb 25) after a subsea telecoms cable was severed off the island, the coast guard said. It is the latest in a series of Taiwanese ...

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TAIPEI – Taiwan seized a Chinese-crewed cargo ship on Feb 25 after a subsea telecoms cable was severed off the island. It is the latest in a series of Taiwanese undersea cable breakages ...