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Canadian Destroyer projected the Maple Leaf abroad through the Cold War and circumnavigated the globe before ending her life in a hail of gunfire.

First came Freedom of the Seas, and then Liberty of the Seas. The name of the third and final ship in Royal Caribbean's 'Freedom Class' has now been announced.

The Caravel was the Transportation technology that enabled Columbus to discover the New World.

Born in the First World War and converted in peacetime, these durable and proud battleships found their end at the close of the Second World War.

From the Great Western in 1838 to the 1960's steamships crossed the Atlantic with regularity.

The Royal Navy's Heavy cruiser HMS Exeter had a brief but legendary war service. In her 18-months of War she helped kill the Graf Spee and fought the Japanese.

Cruise vacations are abundant, hot values right now and invite all ages and lifestyles to travel, play, and relax on the high seas.

This years' cruise ship launches will feature a zipline, a half acre patch of grass, the biggest spas and children's facilities at sea, and glass blowing demonstrations.

A little time spent briefing your passengers in onboard safety procedures will pay handsomely during a true emergency.

John Winthrop and Richard Mather gave accounts of their Atlantic crossing in the 1630s. Both played important, formative roles in early Massachusetts.

In 1978 two spacecraft were launched toward Venus in hopes of penetrating the mysteries of the shrouded planet.

Robert Metcalfe, nearly a World War 2 casualty several times over, became an icon for Canadian veterans and is pictured on the country's $10 bill.

The waters round Kangaroo Island can be hazardous. Over 60 wrecks lie in the seas around the island but in the 1850's two lighthouses were built to guide ships to safety.

The Star Clipper is no ordinary luxury cruise ship where passengers are politely expected to keep far away from the workings of the ship. This is a four-masted tall ship.

She was the first to demonstrate that while the Germans could capture a country they could not conquer the determination or spirit of the people.

The Battle of the Yalu River took place on September 17, 1894 between the Chinese and Japanese Navies during the Sino-Japanese War.

During the Cold War the Cuban Navy grew fat on Russian generosity but today the Navy is weak and a shadow of its former self. What future is there for the Cuban Navy?

Launched in 1860, HMS Warrior revolutionised ship building. She was the fastest, strongest warship in the world and changed the British Navy forever.

How could a complete ship's company of 645 officers and men vanish without trace?

Meant to be a wartime stopgap and quickly discarded by the US Navy and Royal Navy, the ships of the Tacoma Class went on to sail every ocean for another 50 years.

On September 14, 1949, 522 people set out on what they thought would be a enjoyable one week cruise, for 122 of them it turned out to be their last.

The survivors of the SMS Koingsberg sinking in Africa in 1915 went on to fight for the rest of the war as jungle foot infantry

On April 10th 1912, the luxury liner Titanic left Southampton for the first and last time. The ship took three years to build but was sunk within days of its launch.

Built on the same design of the USS Monitor, the Russalka guarded St Petersburg for 30 years

Halifax, rollicking with thousands of sailors and college students, has a somber side, too. She reverently keeps alive the memories of more than 1,500 Titanic victims.

Revered by her enemies, the U.S.S. Enterprise did what few other ships could in World War 2: Survive the entire war.

The Nevada is forced to run aground to avoid being sunk in the channel. Arizona spews burning oil and Pennsylvania hit again.

Elbe River cruises on luxury riverboats of Peter Deilmann (Katharina von Bora, Dresden, and Frederic Chopin) and Viking (MS Schumann) go to Prague, Dresden, and Berlin.

There is a good chance that most items available in stores from Albuquerque to Zanzibar have at some time travelled packed in an intermodal ocean container.

Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Dream is Carnival's biggest cruise ship with extra large spa and children's facilities and featuring many cruise industry firsts.

Fighting a better armed opponent three times her size the underdog coast guard cutter Icarus fought and sank a German u-boat on the surface with no casualties.

Meant to bridge the gap between carriers and surface ships, the old battleships Ise and Hyuga of the Japanese Navy underwent an odd conversion

Believers in the paranormal and skeptics have offered several theories about what happens when people enter the Bermuda Triangle by boat or plane.

On May 29th, 1914, the Empress of Ireland departed from Quebec Harbor and collided with the Norwegian collier Storstad a few hours later on the St. Lawrence River.

In 1607, three ships belonging to the East India Company left England in search of spices. The last of the three to arrive back in 1610, had discovered an archipeligo.