The SS Hartdale is lying at a depth of 80 metres, 12 miles off the coast of Northern Ireland.
Michael Roberts/Unpath’d Waters
The SS Hartdale was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 and its final resting place had long been unknown.
Sarah Jane Rees was also known as Cranogwen.
National Library of Wales
Cranogwen was a trailblazer who challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era.
The late Yvonne Fox dressed as legendary pitchforked Welshwoman, Jemima Nicholas.
Nancy Hoyt Belcher/Alamy
The last invasion of Britain involved bungled military plans, sozzled soldiers and a legendary Welshwoman wielding a pitchfork.
Sinking ships: Russia’s Black Sea fleet has largely been neutralised.
Mark Edward Harris/ZUMA Press Wire
Ukraine has been able to challenge Russia’s dominance of the Black Sea, and this will be key to success in its counteroffensive.
A Russian warship, the Patrol Ship Dmitry Rogachev, travels through the Dardanelles on Feb. 15, 2022.
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The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits gives Turkey control over the water route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
WikiCommons/Illustration by Samuel Atkins
I have worked on many shipwreck investigations and have been involved in the discovery of a couple of shipwreck sites of this period. Here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a ship.
Mayflower ashore on the banks of the Thames in 1624, being broken for parts.
Dr Mike Haywood (used with the kind permission of The General Society of Mayflower Descendants)
When a shipload of puritan colonisers set sail for the New World, maritime science and navigation were fairly unsophisticated.
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Some 1,500 years ago, the Plague of Justinian spread via ships from North Africa to Europe and Asia, killing up to 50 million people.