The idea of armoring ships was ancient, and gained serious attention from the dawn of muskets and cannons at sea. In the 16th and 17th centuries, as European warships grew increasingly large and ...
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Ancient Shipwreck Cargo Sheds Light on Iron Age Trade And a Lost Mediterranean Seaport
Learn about three ship cargoes that were found off the coast of Israel, unveiling the history of an ancient port where trade ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Q: In the beginning, ironclad ships were merely wooden ships with iron plates attached to them. When was the first iron ship built? — J.K., Edinburg, Texas A: The Aaron Manby was the first steamship ...
PROFILE of the Great Eastern, the biggest ship in the world at the time of its launching in 1858. Part IV tells about her 3rd transatlantic cable-laying venture & her laying a cable between England & ...
It was a calm and clear afternoon when the Edmund Fitzgerald left port in Superior, Wisconsin, on November 9, 1975. The ...
New research out of the University of California San Diego and the University of Haifa is reshaping what we know about ancient seaborne trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Published recently in ...
Falls of Clyde was scuttled by the authorities in Hawaii despite a campaign to return to its birthplace for restoration.
A ship-mounted Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a suspected drone that entered Israeli airspace Eilat last night. The interception marked the first-ever operational use of the variant ...
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