Famous shipwrecks: their stories and their legends
From the Titanic, 3,800 metres down in the North Atlantic, to the SS Thistlegorm and its cargo still intact in the Red Sea: nine wrecks that hold the untold stories of the sea. Their history, the archaeology that studies them, the artificial reefs they have become and the tourism they draw.
Read moreMyth and reality in a sailor's life: separating fiction from fact
Mermaids, the Kraken, Davy Jones' Locker, the Flying Dutchman, the Bermuda Triangle: centuries of stories have built a picture of life at sea that is equal parts romance and terror. Set against the daily reality on board — unpredictable weather, close quarters, rigorous preparation — the myths turn out to say as much about us as about the sea.
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