The cook fell ill and was tied to the mast of the sinking ship. But when the crew abandoned the ship, they left Lydia Dale ...

A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, snapping its three masts, killing two crew members and leaving some sailors dangling from ...

The doomed sailors aboard the Mexican tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge were participating in a touching tradition called “manning the yards,’’ which pays homage to host ports, at the ...

I can understand having a tall platform to keep radar high up and give it an unobstructed 360 degree view, but masts on many modern naval ships have ropes on them, and much more than looks to be ...