Elbert Hubbard joked before sailing that if the Germans sank the Lusitania, going down with the ship would secure his fame.

Submarines have changed both naval warfare and global politics. Here are some of the most important submarines that ever ...

When German U-boat Commander Walther Schwieger ordered a torpedo strike on the Lusitania, he didn't know it would be the shot that eventually led the U.S. into WWI. But it wasn't a mistake ...

THREE historical shipwrecks were discovered at Dublin’s Portmarnock Strand earlier this week. It comes after the National ...

The sinking of the luxury passenger liner, RMS Lusitania, by a German U-boat as it sailed from New York to Liverpool in 1915 led to the loss of 1,200 lives and caused international outrage on both ...

The hull of the HMTS Justicia, which lies 70m down on the seabed off the Donegal coast. Picture: Barry McGill Indepth ...

Read on to discover history's most iconic ships, from Darwin's HMS Beagle to the legendary Titanic and more... Dating from ...

The trip was ill-fated from the start. Sailors, always highly superstitious, were troubled that the voyage began on Friday, ...

My grandmother was a vaudeville and sideshow performer in the early 1900s. She performed as the Amazing Ruth with a pretty sizable python named Elmer. Elmer was dropped from the act in 1922 when he ...

9.5 x 7.75 in. (24.1 x 19.7 cm.) ...