He commissioned the Vasa to be built with two gun decks, 64 bronze cannons and a crew of 450 men. On 10 August 1628 the ship set sail on its maiden voyage, but only a few metres offshore, as everyone ...
In December 1917, a busy harbor in eastern Canada became the scene of one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history. The port of Halifax supported wartime convoys during World War I, and ...