Maritime history

HMS Bittern on fire and severely damaged after a German air attack in Namsos fjord, 30 April 1940. Both sides sustained heavy losses in the battle of Norway but the German navy was less able to absorb these than its British foe. (Photo by Topfoto)

Second World War

Narvik in context How battle for Norway in 1940 saved Britain

Illustration of Major Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate

Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate: how a mid-life crisis created the ‘worst pirate of all time’

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Britannia and beyond: a history of royal yachts

Mary Rose being risen from the sea (Picture by Alamy))

Raising the Mary Rose The quest to save Henry VIII's lost warship

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Portrait of Henry VIII, King of England from 1509-1547

"Hopes and dreams" Why the Mary Rose was so important to Henry VIII

The Mary Rose shown in the Anthony Roll (1546), a record of Henry VIII’s navy

Six theories What caused the Mary Rose to sink?

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A spare anchor sits in its well on the forepeek of the shipwrecked Titanic.

General History

From Terror to Titanic: 7 famous shipwrecks

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The sinking of the Gloucester as depicted in a c1682 painting

Why the Gloucester might be the most important shipwreck since the Mary Rose