October 2022
Ordeal by Fire – RMS Amazon, 1852
The Loss by Fire of the RMS Amazon, 1852 Ships are still lost at sea in our own time, frequently as a result of regulations and standards being [...]
The wrecking of HMS Sceptre, 1799
The Loss of HMS Sceptre, 1799 When thinking about war at sea in the Age of Fighting Sail one’s attention is immediately drawn to the ferocity of battle [...]
September 2022
British Spying in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras
Guest Blog: British Spying in the Napoleonic Era Introduction by Antoine Vanner: One of the pleasures for me when I joined the historical novelist community a [...]
Hell and High Water – HMS Nautilus, Part 2
Hell and High Water: HMS Nautilus, 1807 Part 2 At the end of Part 1 of this article (Click here to read it if you missed it) we left [...]
August 2022
The Battle of Heligoland 1864
War in the North Sea, 1864 – The Battle of Heligoland Tegetthoff In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries the [...]
The Chesapeake – HMS Leopard Incident, 1807
The Chesapeake – HMS Leopard Incident, 1807 The three-year “War of 1812“between Britain and the United States, brought no great benefit to either nation. Though the issues involved [...]