Ships of the line were built specifically for war and boasted heavy armor as well as overwhelming firepower, while galleons ...

Construction on the Varberg Tunnel in Sweden—part of a modern railway project—has resulted in an unexpected bounty of historical underwater finds: six shipwrecks spanning the Middle Ages to the 17 th ...

Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the iconic 17th-century warship ... Applet was among the ships sailing towards Germany with about 1,000 men on ...

A replica of a 17th-century Spanish galleon is set to visit the Isle of Man. And the huge ‘floating tourist attraction’ will ...

The Golden Hinde had a crew of about 80 people, who slept on mats laid out on the deck (hammocks only became common on sailing ships in the 17th century). The masts attached to the hull can be up ...

Sam Schaffer/staff Sailing and maintenance of the ... built in a shipyard in London in the early 17th century, Speth said. The two larger ships, the Susan Constant and the Godspeed, were chartered ...

A U.S. military laboratory has helped Swedes confirm what was suspected for years: A woman was among those who died on a 17th-century ... Applet was among the ships sailing towards Germany with ...

The wreck of a 17th-century Swedish warship — a sister ship ... But the ship sank on Aug. 10, 1628, after sailing just 4,265 feet (1,300 m) from an anchorage in Stockholm Harbor, when it ...

London is the latest stop on the Galeón Andalucía’s European tour, which aims to educate people about these “legendary Spanish ships that ... One significant 21st-century addition is the ...

Tower Bridge will be opened to let the 500-ton ship pass through A full-sized replica of a 17th-century Spanish merchant ... from 16th to the 18th centuries. Ships like the Galeon Andalucia ...