An 18th century first rate ship of the line would need around 31 miles of rope, 20 miles for its rigging alone. At its height the dockyard employed over 10,000 workers. The yarn used to be created ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) states that the 37 gold coins were stolen from the 1715 Fleet shipwrecks.
Off the coast of Florida, several rare glass bottles were recovered from an 18th-century shipwreck. The ship was part of […] ...
The year 1782 proved particularly treacherous, with the English Channel teeming with Dutch and French privateers ...