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Last Kon-Tiki raft crewman dies

December 28th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

Knut Haugland, the last crewman of the Kon-Tiki voyage across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft in 1947,

November 5th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

Pieces of a British warship that was damaged by Albanian mines in 1946 have been found in the Corfu Channel.

October 30th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

A British seaman’s war-time log has been discovered that discloses how 67 sailors survived 20 days and 1,200 miles adrift

October 13th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

Newly revealed items from King Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, show what life was like onboard the ship. A

September 10th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

A navy patrol boat, sunk by a German sub in 1942, has been found under 325 feet of water off

June 16th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

Uncle John’s Unsinkable Bathroom Reader has an interesting story about Masabumi Hosono, the man condemned by a nation for surviving

June 1st, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, Millvina Dean, has died at age 97. Millvina Dean was nine

May 28th, 2009 | by Sevaan Franks

A WWII ship, the General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, was sunk off the coast of Florida in order to create an