In 1820, a sperm whale sank a whaling boat. The lifeboats were later attacked by what may have been orcas. This story is said to have inspired the novel "Moby-Dick," and was adapted into a 2015 film.

A whaling ship that left Warren, Rhode Island more than 150 years ago likely sailed 10,000 miles from home before wrecking off southern Argentina, scientists now say. After analyzing tree rings in ...

A couple of atypically colorful logbook pages from the Bengal of Salem, Massachusetts, housed at the Providence Public Library. The ship sailed around the Pacific Ocean from 1832 to 1835.