The men started to joyfully sing. But on its approach, the hospital ship struck a German U-boat mine. HMHS Anglia would never reach its destination, and its wreckage was later declared an official ...

One hundred years ago, a World War One hospital ship ran aground just a mile off the North Yorkshire coast. The dramatic three-day rescue mission that ensued resulted in scores of lives being ...

Archive footage: British Pathe Tragedy of torpedoed WW1 ships. Video, 00:02:20Tragedy of torpedoed WW1 ships Up Next. History pupils build WWI trench. Video, 00:01:43History pupils build WWI ...

it didn’t get much of a chance to redeem its sister ship as a passenger liner—shortly after the Britannic launched in 1914, the British government requisitioned it for use as a hospital ship ...

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 ...

This illustration, used to demonstrate the rigging and interior setup of first- and third-rate British ships of war, appeared in Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopedia, published in 1728. The book was one ...