DNA analysis sheds new light on the fate of the men in Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic voyage to explore the Northwest ...

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Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th-century Arctic expedition, offering insight into its lost crew’s tragic and ...

By the time the crew left their ships in 1848, Franklin had been dead ... A daguerreotype of Lieutenant James Fitzjames (later Captain) of the Royal Navy, taken by Richard Beard at his temporary ...

In April 1850, the Atlantic ... This is manfully acknowledged by Capt. McKinnon, of the Royal Navy, in a work recently published, entitled " The Resources and Settlements of America." ...

Later, the island transitioned into a shipbuilding hub in the 1850s when the Fitzroy Dock opened for British naval ships. It ...

Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, told soldiers to prepare for a possible incursion into Lebanon, where they would “go in, destroy the enemy there and decisively destroy” ...

First created as part of a Victorian-era theme park, the dinosaurs, which were restored in 2002, provide a peek into the 1850s’ understanding of palaeontology ... Painted Hall and the Royal Navy ...

Royal Navy recruits spend their first night on the Brecon to get a taste of life aboard ship. But to Country Guide readers ..

The Royal Navy's new shipbuilding strategy aims to regain maritime prominence with the construction of five Type 31 frigates.

The U.S. Naval Academy, known for its first five years as the Naval School, was founded on Oct. 10, 1845 after a planned ...