was searching for the wreckage of an English Navy vessel that sank in the Strait of Gibraltar in 1694 when they instead stumbled upon the remnants of a 17th-century Barbary pirate ship.

By the 17th century, surgeons were a regular presence on English merchant and naval ships. This was an era of improved ship technology, maritime exploration and rapidly developing global trade and ...

With the end of the monopoly, the number of slaves transported on English ships would increase dramatically -- to an average of over 20,000 a year. By the end of the 17th century, England led the ...

Wreck-hunters have discovered the remains of a small 17th-century pirate ship, known as a Barbary corsair ... a search for the remains of the 80-gun English warship HMS Sussex, which was lost ...

The ship is believed to be one of only two galleon ship replicas in the world A replica of the 17th Century Spanish galleon ships has welcomed crowds aboard at Southend Pier in Essex. El Galeon ...

By the 17th century, surgeons were a regular presence on English merchant and naval ships. This was an era of improved ship technology, maritime exploration and rapidly developing global trade and ...