In this episode we hear all about the rich and long maritime history of the English port of Hull. Dr Sam Willis spoke with Sam Wright, a tour guide of historic Hull as well as a researcher working on ...

In 1840 the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company inaugurated a mail service from England to Alexandria that was then extended onwards from Suez to Ceylon, Madras and Calcutta. The transfer ...

is there a good source or APP for illustrating/plotting a ship’s voyage on a chart using actual Lat/Long from a ship’s log/journal?

The extant record of Captain James Cook’s third Pacific voyage (1776–80) provides multiple detailed accounts, affording the opportunity to compare how the voyage’s officers portrayed themselves and ...

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Restoration of the tea clipper Cutty Sark, in dry dock at Greenwich, London, has raised many questions about the “Star of India” ornamentation which she carries on her stern. Numerous images exist of ...

Following the French Revolutionary, American and Napoleonic wars between 1793 and 1815, many smaller British warships were sold to merchant ship owners directly or to shipyards for breaking or resale.

Thanks for sending the photos Nicholas, hopefully now someone can offer some advice.

The other use of gavels in the RN, is they are used by the Mess President at formal dinners. So, they could easily be given to a guest at a final dinner. I have one from such an origin. But this is ...

A new digitization, research and conservation project has made available to the public 248 works on paper by Scottish artist, war artist and war correspondent William Simpson (1823 –99).Footnote 1 The ...

Between the wars, the British fishing industry faced an invidious economic climate. Costs rose, over-fishing and falling prices depressed incomes, and structural faults that had mattered little in the ...