Digging History 17th-century merchant ship discovered in the Baltic Divers were searching for first and second world war wrecks at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland when they made the discovery ...

'Pirate ship' hand grenade discovered near 17th-century wreck site. A gunpowder-filled hand grenade from the wreck of a former pirate ship has washed ashore on a remote U.K. beach.

In 1683, Barbary pirates captured the Schiedam — a Dutch merchant ship — as a prize. Subsequently, Britain's Royal Navy seized the ship, using it to transport stores until it sank in a storm ...

A full-sized replica of a 17th century Spanish armed merchant ship has arrived in London. Tower Bridge opened to let the 500-tonne El Galeon Andalucía pass through ahead of its arrival at St ...

A new replica of Susan Constant, largest of the three sailing ships that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, will be commissioned 2 p.m. Friday at Jamestown ...

In the 17th and 18th centuries, "treasure" just meant "valuable." They wanted goods they could sell. So about 50 percent was stuff they kept to replenish their own ship and their stores.

A full-sized replica of a 17th-century Spanish merchant ship is due to arrive in London. Tower Bridge will be opened to let the 500-ton Galeon Andalucia pass through, before it arrives at St ...

This week, explore a treasure trove of items recovered from a 17th century Dutch shipwreck, learn the unusual courtship rituals of the animal kingdom, follow ghostly “spokes” dancing on Saturn ...

(CNN) — In 1660, a ship carrying a treasure trove of luxury goods sank off the coast of Texel, the largest island in the North /stunning-silver-wedding-dress-recovered-from-17th-century ...

The cargo ship went down in 1681 with crates of swords, nails, and bolts of cloth. A diver inspects wooden crates on a 17th-century Spanish shipwreck discovered off Panama. Photograph by Jonathan ...

A full-sized replica of a 17th century Spanish armed merchant ship has arrived in London. Tower Bridge opened to let the 500-tonne El Galeon Andalucía pass through ahead of its arrival at St ...

A full-sized replica of a 17th-century Spanish merchant ship is due to arrive in London. Tower Bridge will be opened to let the 500-ton Galeon Andalucia pass through, before it arrives at St ...