Eventually a Royal African Company ship was sent to Barbados and the rescued Sessarakoo taken to England, where he could finally learn the ‘white man’s book’. Sessarakoo was known not for his ...

A new podcast exploring the history of the Titanic has shed new light on the remarkable family link between the Belfast-built ...

Maurice Atkins had two WWII-era oil-stained life jackets — the first saved his life when the Empress of Asia was bombed off ...

Hartlepool Art Gallery is staging 'Charting the Course: Hartlepool's Maritime Heritage', from Saturday, 12 April to Saturday, ...

You had ships sailing out of Liverpool with 2000 children on board, sailing literally from one world to another - and they ...