The first steam-powered ships took to the water in the latter years of the 18th century, using paddles for propulsion and often still being fitted with sails. It was Richard Wright’s Experiment, a ...

Deighton was best known for his spy novels including The Ipcress File (1962), which was turned into a Bafta-winning film ...

A former RNLI lifeboat helm is looking to speak with relatives of North East men who were lost in the Samtampa shipping disaster of April 1947. The wreck of the American Liberty cargo ship SS Samtampa ...

There's a certain romance about life on the open seas, and so much of our world today was built off the back of sea-faring vessels. From Tudor warships to the remarkable ocean liners that defined a ...

Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are falling in premarket trading as the stock market deals with volatility from the war in Iran.

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hosted their first annual Academy Awards on May 16, 1929 — a short, 15-minute ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with tickets that cost the ...

The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar ice cap for the 100th time since World War II.