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Gallipoli 1915: HMS Goliath and the Twilight of the Pre-Dreadnoughts
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-11T17:22:53+00:00December 11th, 2025|
The Twilight of the Pre-Dr [...]
The Battle of Antivari, 1914: Heroic Last Stand
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T10:34:05+00:00December 6th, 2025|
The Battle of Antivari, 19 [...]
U-boat UC-5: An Epic of Salvage
By Antoine Vanner|2025-11-27T17:43:03+00:00November 27th, 2025|
U-boat UC-5: Salvage Epic [...]
Disaster at Gibraltar – SS Utopia & HMS Anson, 1891
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:17:32+00:00November 13th, 2025|
Disaster at Gibraltar – SS [...]
The Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779 – 1783
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:18:33+00:00October 16th, 2025|
The Great Siege of Gibralt [...]
Royal Navy warship, daily routine, late-19th Century
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:16:14+00:00October 2nd, 2025|
Routine on a Royal Navy wa [...]
Admiral Charles Wager’s meteoric career – the first step
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:20:09+00:00September 25th, 2025|
Admiral Charles Wager’s fi [...]
The Survival of the SS Chimborazo, 1880
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:21:03+00:00September 11th, 2025|
The Survival of the SS Chi [...]
Merchant Service Nightmare in the Baltic, 1874
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:22:03+00:00September 4th, 2025|
Nightmare in the Baltic 18 [...]
“I’d prefer to be blown up!” – van Speijk at Antwerp, 1831
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:23:20+00:00August 21st, 2025|
“I’d prefer to be blown up [...]
Thomas Luny: Great Naval Artist, Heroic Soul
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:24:32+00:00August 6th, 2025|
Thomas Luny: Great Naval A [...]
The Royal Navy’s last major ship-of-the-line action
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:25:51+00:00July 31st, 2025|
The Royal Navy's last majo [...]
HMS Hero – the Player’s “Navy Cut” battleship
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:26:42+00:00July 24th, 2025|
HMS Hero – the Player’s “N [...]
Capturing a Slaver, 1845
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:27:30+00:00July 10th, 2025|
Capturing a Slaver, 1845 [...]
Vitus Bering: forgotten explorer
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:28:39+00:00July 2nd, 2025|
Vitus Bering: a Forgotten [...]
Jean Bart – Sea Devil Incarnate
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:29:31+00:00June 19th, 2025|
Jean Bart – Sea Devil Inca [...]
RMS Amazon – Ordeal by Fire, 1852
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-06T17:30:37+00:00June 4th, 2025|
Ordeal by Fire: RMS Amazon [...]
SMS Geier: a vulture under Two Flags, 1894 – 1918
By Antoine Vanner|2025-12-09T19:47:39+00:00May 29th, 2025|
SMS Geier: an odyssey Unde [...]