In Dr Sam Willis’ book “The Fighting Temeraire” he wrote the following on the 1759 Battle of Lagos: “[La Clue] took his ships to a tiny creek in between Lagos and Cape St Vincent that was guarded by ...

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This episode is the first of a series on the history of the Cinque Ports in which we bring you a mixture of fascinating history alongside a glimpse into contemporary life in these vibrant and ancient ...

Commander Mark Barton BEng, MA, PhD, CEng, FRINA, RNR completed a full career as a naval officer and now has a portfolio career based around his professional fields of naval architecture and naval ...

We are delighted to announce that the prestigious Anderson Medal for 2023 has been awarded to Professor Roger Knight for his book Convoys: The British Struggle against Napoleonic Europe and America ...

(for an ancient reference to these boats, see Hawkins, Clifford W. 1965. “THE TUTICORIN THONI.” The Mariner’s Mirror 51 (2): 147–54. it seems to me that historians could still do a lot about ships ...

On Warmer Tides describes the genesis and activities of Italy’s First World War naval ‘commandos’. It is replete with glossy paper and a professional layout, alongside 25 high-quality photographs and ...

The late John Harland’s great work, ‘Seamanship in the age of Sail’, is the bible for this & much else. He covers the evolution on page 21, and if you do a search on the mariner’s Mirror back ...

“Around March 24th, a small ship of about 40 tons called The Seigneur de Porte arrived in the harbor known as “The Puddle,” near the town of Rye, from Oporto in Portugal. It was loaded with oranges ...

This is an excellent and comprehensive account of the activities of members of the Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve, which was set up by the Admiralty in 1936. The book is not a bald ...

Hi all. I am researching HMCSS Victoria (the first ever built for a Colonial Government), designed by Oliver W Lang and built buy Magnay and Sons at Limehouse in 1855. She was a steam screw sloop ...