Sea Tales

Inferno on the Morro Castle

The Witch and the Pirate Prince

Pirate Sam Bellamy captured the British slave galley Whydah, turning it into a treasure ship laden with gold. As he sail

The Halifax Explosion

Some say it was the work of German spies. Others maintain that it was a tragic accident of unimaginable proportions. Wha

Remember the Maine!

When Teddy Roosevelt sent the USS Maine into Havana's harbor in 1898, he hoped that the show of force would help protect

The Sinking of the Andrea Doria

She was the pride of her line, a ship unparalleled in grace, opulence and elegance, and to postwar Italy she represented

The Fatal Voyage of Captain Cook

In the age of the great sea-faring adventurers, one man stood above all the others as he fearlessly made his way around

The Dunkirk Dilemma

Mutiny on the Bounty

In the spring of 1789, British sailor Fletcher Christian and his band of accomplices staged a hostile takeover of the sh

Blackbeard's Reign of Terror

Blackbeard terrorized ships along the Atlantic Coast of North America and the Caribbean from 1716 to 1718. He raped, pil

The Secret of the U-110

It was the most important submarine capture of WWII, yet it remained a secret known only to a handful of men and the bla

Missing: The Indianapolis

The Deadly Arctic Expedition

The commander was Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a celebrated polar explorer known for his ego as well as his exploits. The ship

Battleship Potemkin

The Doomed Voyage of the St. Louis

In May of 1939, the ship St. Louis departed Hamburg, Germany for Cuba. Onboard were 930 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi

The Hooligan Navy

Fatal Victory: Nelson at Trafalgar

Ghost Ship of the Confederacy

Revolt of the Potemkin

It all started with bad meat. When it was over, more than 5,000 had died and the pride of the Russian Black Sea Fleet la