The Royal Navy grew substantially during a series of major wars from the mid 17th century – and with it the medical needs of naval seamen. Ship surgeons had a weighty responsibility. As well as ...

Swedish marine archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister ship of the Vasa, a 17th-century warship considered ... Swedish navy dating back to the mid-1500s to block a narrow strait ...

the Age of Discovery, which lasted from the mid-15th century to the 17th ... deck (hammocks only became common on sailing ships in the 17th century). The masts attached to the hull can be up ...

Experts believe that the ship, identified as a Barbary corsair (or pirate ship) from the 17th century, was most likely headed to the Spanish coast to capture and enslave locals, Live Science reported.

But the ship—and its valuable cargo—never ... timbers came from an Asian tropical hardwood felled in the mid- to late-17th century—a result that prompted Williams and his colleagues to ...

Here’s how it works. Wreck-hunters have discovered the remains of a small 17th-century pirate ship, known as a Barbary corsair, in deep water between Spain and Morocco. The wreck is "the first ...

Tower Bridge will be opened to let the 500-ton ship pass through A full-sized replica of a 17th-century Spanish merchant ship is due to arrive in London. Tower Bridge will be opened to let the 500 ...