nautical history

National Maritime Day has been celebrated on May 22 across the United States since its creation in 1933, making 2023 the 90th annual celebration.  May 22

New details have been uncovered by creating a ‘digital twin’ of the infamous wreck of the Titanic.  Deep water specialist Magellan Ltd. has performed

Researchers have discovered the intact wreck of the sailing ship Ironton in Lake Huron, which has been remarkably well preserved by the lake’s cold

By Brendan O’Brien Feb 15 (Reuters) – Rare video footage showing the Titanic ocean liner on the floor of the Atlantic is being released

gCaptain’s favorite maritime historian and volunteer fire captain behind the popular Youtube channel “What’s Going on With Shipping“

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of

by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. (gCaptain) This Veteran’s Day we remember the thousands of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen

The Board of Trustees of the National Maritime Historical Society (NMHS) has announced the appointment of Jessica MacFarlane as the organization’s new

Harland & Wolff’s historic Belfast shipyard, perhaps best known for building the Titanic, has won its first new order since the company’s

American Merchant Mariners who served during World War II were awarded the Congressional gold medal during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Ten

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Wednesday the discovery of a 207-year-old whaling ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship,

By Michael Holden (Reuters) – The wreckage of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship “Endurance,” which was

STOCKHOLM, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Rock on the seabed may have gouged previously unknown holes in the hull of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea

After decades of searching, researchers from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Coast Guard have located the underwater shipwreck of

WASHINGTON,(Reuters) – Beginning more than a millennium ago, intrepid seafarers traversed vast Pacific Ocean expanses in double-hulled sailing canoes to

A historic 1906 schooner has returned home to the Maine Maritime Museum after capsizing on the Kennebec River on Friday evening. The Mary E had 18 people on

by John Konrad (gCaptain) In two weeks, at the docks of Greenwich London, a new figurehead will be installed on the famous 1860s tea clipper ship, Cutty Sark.

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – A set of 10 hand-drawn, 16th century maps showing the progress of the

By Ira Breskin The historic SS Badger will live to steam another day. SS Badger, the last coal-powered car ferry providing regularly scheduled service on the

STOCKHOLM, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Estonia, Sweden and Finland will look into fresh evidence on the sinking of the ferry Estonia, which went down 26 years