A skeleton that was unearthed on a tiny island is believed to be that of an 18th-century Royal Navy sailor. ... fits in with the date and the idea that he was a sailor from the Royal British Navy.

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Sunken 18th-century British warship identified ... it is being managed between the U.S. and the British Royal Navy. ... They then used their makeshift vessels to travel 700 miles to Port Royal, ...

A sunken 18th-century British warship involved in a "historic shipwreck" has been identified, National Park Service archeologists in Florida said.

A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British warship that sank in the 18th century. The National Park Service says archaeologists ...

The archivist gave him permission to open the letters, all addressed to 18th-century French sailors from their loved ones and seized by Great Britain's Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756 ...

"The nationalistic rhetoric that as grown up around the Royal Navy and its central role in British Empire identity since at least the 18th century has given rise to some questionable 'facts ...

More than 100 letters, addressed to French sailors, were never delivered. They remained unopened for nearly 250 years, until a historian found them in Britain’s archives.

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British warship that sank in the 18th century.