The 43-year-old Grenville, especially, after sleeping rough for seven nights on the water, must have been thrilled to return to his own bed and washbasin in his private cabin high in the aftercastle ...

Take The Galleon pocket timepiece in Patek Philippe's new collection. Its case shows a proud ancient sailing ship with its aftercastle, cannons and sails, against an old nautical chart. All these are ...

“So probably the people who survived were the soldiers up in the forecastle and aftercastle and sailors working on the rigging, because when she hit the bottom of The Solent her masts tips were still ...