In 1788, while heading out to the whaling ground, it was wrecked in bad weather. All 56 crew members survived.

When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it ...

Scientific analysis and community-led research led to the identification of the Earl of Chatham, which was found last year.

Expert say the wreck discovered on the island of Sanday last year is most likely a former Royal Navy vessel that later became a whaling ship.

Archaeologists have uncovered the identity of a 1700s vessel shipwrecked in Orkney. Expert say the vessel discovered on the ...

A cargo ship lying at the bottom of the sea off the Belgian coast has been fitted with a new treasure chest: a stash of rare ...

An Italian judge on Monday ordered six police and coastguard officers to stand trial for mishandling operations during a ...

Archaeologists have identified a 1700s shipwreck discovered on a Scottish island. Experts believe the wreck, found on the island of Sanday in Orkney last year, is likely the Earl of Chatham, a former ...

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

A single broken plate helped a crew identify the SS Nantes shipwreck after 140 years, revealing the remnants of the vessel ...

Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...

"As harrowing and gripping as the Baileys' story is, the real star of this book is its dazzling writer," said Chris Hewitt in ...