Our picture of old Durban this week features the Hampson’s Building at 353 Smith Street, today Anton Lembede Street, which was occupied by a prominent Durban wine merchant. Rolfes, Nebel & Co ...

On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania, the fastest and most luxurious passenger liner of its time, entered dangerous waters near the British Isles, where German U-boats lurked. Despite Germany’s ...

Southampton, on England’s southern coast, has been at the heart of global seafaring for two millennia, playing key roles in ...

So protested Charles Dickens as he sailed to the United States on the RMS Britannia in 1842 ... and the British Lusitania, which was fatally torpedoed during World War I. Southampton was in ...

So protested Charles Dickens as he sailed to the United States on the RMS Britannia in 1842 ... and the British Lusitania, which was fatally torpedoed during World War I.

The historic Costello Lodge in Casla, County Galway once hid J. Bruce Ismay as he sought refuge from the backlash over his fatal decisions in the building of the RMS Titanic. Ismay, chairman of ...

Following a particularly painful British naval blockade of the country, Germany began resorting to unrestricted submarine warfare, eventually inciting the ire of the United States – especially after ...