Pictorial contents -- Introduction / by Captain Sam Svensson -- The hull / commentary by William A. Baker -- Spars and rigging / commentary by Captain Sam Svensson -- The sail / commentary by Captain ...

James Delgado, the former director of NOAA’s Maritime Heritage Program, says there is consensus that the Prinzessin Victoria Luise was the “first purpose-built, non-private excursion ship: what we ...

While Greg Trauthwein never assigns me column subjects, each time the Great Ships issue comes around I go with the theme. However, I try to take a view askew on that subject and have found that these ...

Between 1917 and 1968, the freighter Valley Camp carried more than 16 million tons of cargo, mostly coal, during its sailing days traveling from Lake Superior to Lake Erie. But all that cargo is ...

An innovative new fleet of Celebrity Cruises ships is set to transform European river cruising in 2027, and fans of the cruise line’s ocean voyages are extremely eager to book their sailing. Celebrity ...

The wreck of a whaling ship originally from Massachusetts, called Industry, was recently discovered 6,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and may offer clues into the history of its ...

for the descendants of slaves in America. It can be difficult to trace one's family history, but now researchers who were investigating the last known slave ship to ever arrive in the US, the Clotilde ...