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By December 1945, the Hagerstown Victory had made three round-trip voyages to Europe. Here's the vessel's epic saga.

It’s been 114 years since the most famous ship in the world struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. But did you know ...

A local historian is to give a talk to the Titanic Society in Belfast about an unsung Wigan hero of the infamous tragedy.

Directors Jeremy Johnson and Daniel Banks chatted about their work on two seafaring sagas. Both SpeakEasy Stage's "Swept Away ...

Today is Tuesday, April 14, the 104th day of 2026. There are 261 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a ...

North Korea on Wednesday accused Japan of a "grave provocation" after Tokyo expressed concern about Pyongyang's nuclear and ...

Milton Hershey, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Henry Clay Frick were among the notable figures who never made it on the Titanic.

The Titanic sank in 1912, exactly 114 years ago. Here are interesting facts about the ship, its crew, and the discovery of ...

The author, Norman Angell, argued that the growing interconnection of the world economy meant that no one could ever truly ...

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