Ships

A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.

After a long career, a disastrous sinking, and a half-successful salvage, this Naval vessel-turned-artificial reef ended up exactly where she was supposed to—with a little help from nature.

Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.

After several weeks of radio silence, this abandoned oil tanker washed up on a remote beach in Liberia.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

Celebrating the Swedish ship used in the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage.

Built as part of a "sludge fleet" that transported sewage, this historic steamship now mostly moves people.

Built to commemorate the lives of hopeful emigrants who died on a journey from Scotland to Australia.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A community museum celebrates Glasgow's mighty shipbuilding days.

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.