Historical Triumphs and Disasters

  SS Tubantia was a luxury liner built for the Dutch in 1913. She was designed for speed and luxury, particularly for service between the Ne...

  Pakistan was created in 1948 as a Muslim nation carved out of former British India. But where did the name come from? It was coined by a M...

  My family was fortunate in terms of war losses in that no close relative of either of my parents was lost in any 20 th century war. That ...

  This incident, with a somewhat remarkable title, was one of the causes of the bloody and destructive Thirty Years War that tore Europe apa...

  Endeavour was the ship on which Captain James Cook made his first voyage of exploration from 1768 to 1771. The ship was only 100 feet in...

  Nonsuch Palace was a magnificent edifice built in 1538 by King Henry VIII as a hunting palace and guest house for foreign visitors. Howeve...

  In 1337, King Edward III of England laid claim to the French throne, thus starting the lengthy series of conflicts known as the Hundred Ye...