Born in 1883, John "Jack" Traynor had been a member of the Royal Navy Reserve and was mobilized at the outset of World War ...

The classic comic characters of Popeye and Tintin are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United ...

AI services exploded into the mainstream in 2023, setting the stage for what appears to be the next great tech leap of this ...

Most superstitions go back centuries, and these old sailors' superstitions are no different. Though some of these have faded ...

Named for the 180-proof ethyl alcohol that powered American torpedoes, the concoction was consumed throughout the Navy and ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. Here’s a closer look at this year’s group.

While Merseyside has its own lighthouse history, there is one of Wales' oldest, Point of Ayr Lighthouse, known locally as ...

The Optimist World Championships continued in Argentina, with 255 young sailors from 51 countries — including a contingent from Bermuda – taking part. Nina Gotfredsen continues to lead the ...

Traynor tells about his pilgrimage to Lourdes According to the first-person account originally written by O’Connor and corrected and adapted by Traynor, the veteran sailor had always felt great ...

Some former travelers lamented the limited elbow room offered inside, but overall, many appreciated getting a firsthand look at the tight living quarters sailors had to endure while stationed on ...

They commemorate an 1830 catastrophe when a slave ship failed to properly anchor in Anse Cafard and careened into Martinique's Diamond Rock Mountain, killing many of the passengers and sailors as ...