The cruise industry was very different in 1970, catering to an estimated 500,000 passengers. Three decades later that had ...

QUESTION What was Britain's first steam-powered ship? In 1794, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, built an experimental steam-powered vessel for the Admiralty. With an engine built by Walker and ...

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model utilising ...

The coin features the steam-powered ship Moltke launched in 1877 and built for the German Imperial Navy. She was of the Bismarck class and was originally designed to serve as a fleet scout and to ...

Ships have been powered by wind and sail throughout history. The arrival of the steam-powered vessel in the mid-19th century led to the decline of sail, but wind power could undergo a renaissance.