In The Heart of the Sea is based on the true story that inspired the novel Moby-Dick. The whaling ship The Essex sank, with ...

For the crew of the Essex, it was a day flecked with hope: The lookouts atop the whale-ship saw spouts, telltale signs of nearby sperm whales. But within hours, tragedy, rather than bounty ...

SALVAGED items from an Essex shipwreck were showcased on a primetime BBC Two history ahead of major exhibition later this year. Treasures found on The London Shipwreck were featured on Digging for ...

Only three days into their voyage, a violent squall battered the Essex, terrifying the inexperienced crew. The ship began to creak and listed dangerously. Captain Pollard managed to reach the ...

Historic England commissioned the shipwreck survey ... they have gone," the licensed diver from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex said. "Just a couple of weeks ago I spotted a complete leather shoe.

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Diver Steve Ellis and his team discovered the cannon lying on the seabed in the Thames Estuary, despite visibility which can be as little as 0.5m (1.6ft) A bronze cannon has emerged out of the ...

A relic which an RAF technician said he salvaged from the wreckage of a famous 18th Century ship is set to go under the hammer. John Coleman, from Benfleet in Essex, said he retrieved the large ...

Essex Police said it was being treated as arson and a group of young people were reportedly seen leaving the area shortly after the fire started. The ship, which was built in 1958, has been used ...

A shipwreck hunter who plans to recover the anchor of the HMT Windrush at “the bottom of the Mediterranean sea” has been ...

A relic which an RAF technician said he salvaged from the wreckage of a famous 18th Century ship is set to go under the hammer. John Coleman, from Benfleet in Essex, said he retrieved the large piece ...