The Battle of Sadras, 16 February 1804 The worldwide implications of the American War for Independence are made clear on…

The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808),…

Francis Drake’s burial at sea off Portobello – 1883 bronze plaque by Joseph Boehm He died on 28 Jan, 1596…

Spanish explorer Vicente Yanez Pinzon, who had commanded the Nina during Christopher Columbus’ first expedition to the New World, reaches…

The seventeen million dollar replica of James Cook's HMS Bark Endeavor sails toward San Diego's skyline. Cook's original vessel was…

13 Jan 2024 - Essex, CT The operators of the Connecticut Sea Music Festival announced the performers lineup for this…

Don Sineti Don Sineti , folksinger, songwriter, part-time sea chanteyman at historic Mystic Seaport Museum (with one of the most…

Herman Melville On January 3, 1841, Herman Melville ships out on the whaler Acushnet to the South Seas. Melville was…

USS Constitution versus HMS Java On This Day - December 29, 1812 – USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) was sailing in…

British naturalist Charles Darwin sets out from Plymouth, England, aboard the HMS Beagle on a five-year surveying expedition of the southern Atlantic…

Roald Amundsen's Ship On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating…

Mary Celeste The Mary Celeste, a ship whose crew mysteriously disappeared, is spotted at sea. The Dei Gratia, a small…

Magellan's Ship Victoria After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand…

Blackbeard - Edward Teach Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, is killed on November 22, 1718, off North Carolina’s Outer…

"Thar she blows!" The American whaler Essex, which hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, is attacked by an 80-ton sperm whale 2,000…

Suez Canal Opens The Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas, is inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony attended…

Herman Melville Moby-Dick is now considered a great classic of American literature and contains one of the most famous opening…

John Paul Jones' Ranger On November 2, 1777, the USS Ranger, with a crew of 140 men under the command of John…

The Carolina Maritime Model Society is meeting today, 28 October 2023 at the North Carolina Maritime Museums in Beaufort, North…

Tom Lewis From our friend and MMDI early supporter, Tom Lewis: "This Sunday evening I will be presenting a concert,…