The artifact also could help illuminate the broader economic ties with the U.S. military as well as lesser known stories ...

Named after the Florentine explorer, Amerigo Vespucci is Italy’s oldest active naval vessel and considered the world’s most ...

This popular restaurant in Skagen Harbour is known not just for its excellent seafood but for its amazing collection of figureheads — those carved wooden figures that adorn the bow of a ship.

The two ships differed in detail, Unicorn having a beakhead bow, a unicorn figurehead, two-light quarter galleries, and only five pairs of quarterdeck gunports, while Lyme had a round bow, a lion ...

In a Finnish shipyard, the 250,800-ton sister of Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, is in the final stages of construction. We got an inside look.

He’s been a figurehead for a long time ... may be basically steering the ship of state in the absence of an actual captain. What’s surprising, though, is how little anyone seems to care.

The CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program inspects cruise ships and investigates outbreaks to prevent the spread of gastrointestinal illnesses. While a perfect score doesn't eliminate the risk of ...

Indonesia said it deployed two vessels and an aircraft to expel a Chinese ship from contested waters in the South China Sea. The Indonesian National Armed Forces said its Maritime Security Agency ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald's bell now is displayed at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. Canadian explorer ...

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It’s not always smooth sailing for these luxury cruise ships. The world’s dirtiest cruise ships are brimming with grime — from beer tap sludge to maggot infestations — according to a new ...

SINGAPORE - It has been in service since 1931 and looks like it is from another era, with its three huge masts for rigging sails, but the tall ship Amerigo Vespucci is thoroughly modern inside and ...