On July 23, 1814, Alexandrians read in the Alexandria Gazette that British ships again were sailing up the Potomac River and further, that they had attacked the county seat of Calvert County, Md.

The mud- and rust-encrusted guns were discovered by accident as the Georgia riverbed was being dredged. Researchers suspect they came from British ships scuttled to the river bottom in 1779.

In 1805 children crewed along with grown men on British naval ships. Some were orphans, working for the ship’s carpenters or sailmakers. Some were “powder monkeys,” shuttling gunpowder to ...

The cannons came from British ships scuttled to the river bottom during the buildup to the bloody siege of Savannah in 1779, researchers think. Latest U.S.

80 years ago, a war-damaged British ship came to Bremerton. ... Bremerton, some of the deceased sailors were properly taken for burial at Ivy Green Cemetery in West Bremerton, where they remain.

Disaster to the British Ship William. Share full article. Aug. 12, 1864. ... To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them.

George Washington's final years 07:07. A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago, marine archaeologists and state officials ...

The British ship A. & A., ... for masters of foreign vessels expected here will be received on board the Niagara and given to the parties when they come off the Bar, ...

Explorers say they've found the wreckage of a British warship that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I.. Some 524 people, including the ship's captain, perished when the HMS Hawke went ...