Researchers believe the vessel is the Caroline Eddy, a ship built during the Civil War and wrecked in 1880. “It was a sea like a mountain,” its captain recounted at the time. By Marie Fazio ST ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

Archaeologists have identified the wreck of a 19th-century slave ship off Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The ship is the first from the Maya slave trade to be discovered, archaeologists say. The ...

SPECIAL CRUISE ISSUE Boarding a 19th century sailing ship for a cruise that's more authentic than opulent. By Spud Hilton, Chronicle Staff Writer Aug 10, 2008.

Alan Olson walked around in his stocking feet on top of drafting paper laid out across the floor of a Sausalito warehouse and sounded like the sea captain he is as he explained the nuances of the ...

B etween the mid-16th century and mid-19th century, tall ships -- a term used to define traditionally rigged sailing vessels -- ruled the high seas. During this Age of the Sail, different types of ...

Visitors to Old Town Alexandria this weekend can climb aboard a modern reproduction of the early 19th-century tall ship, the Pride of Baltimore II. Click to toggle navigation menu. Headlines ...

Two wrecks discovered in 2015 have been identified as coal-trading ships, rather than the plane that went missing in 2014 with 239 passengers ... 'MH370 Wreck' Turns Out to Be 19th Century Coal Ship.

Maryland State Parks said that a piece of unassuming driftwood is believed to be part of a 19th Century ship. Officials wrote in a Facebook post that the 14.5-foot piece of timber that washed up ...

(FOX) — Archaeologists have identified the wreck of a 19th-century slave ship off Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The ship is the first from the Maya slave trade to be discovered, archaeologists say.