February 2019
Horror at Sea – the loss of the SS London, 1866
Horror at Sea - the loss of the SS London, 1866 “Globalisation” is a term often applied to our own time but the process was in full swing [...]
HMS Flora 1780 – the Carronade arrives
HMS Flora 1780: the Carronade's arrival In sea battles from the 1780s to the end of the Napoleonic Wars a decisive factor was often the use of [...]
Grace Darling, Unexpected Heroine, 1838
Grace Darling, Unexpected Heroine, 1838 Grace Darling by Thomas Musgrave Joy November 15th 2015 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the [...]
HMS Argyll and the Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1915
HMS Argyll and the Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1915 Between 1902 and 1908 a total of 34 armoured cruisers were built for the Royal Navy. Expensive ships, almost [...]
Caulk’s Field: the Death of Captain Sir Peter Parker, 1814
Caulk's Field: the Death of Captain Sir Peter Parker, 1814 The British attack on Baltimore in mid-September 1814, and the heroic defence of Fort McHenry, is one [...]
January 2019
First American-Japanese naval battle
The first American-Japanese naval battle, 1863 July 1863 was recognised both at the time and afterwards as the turning point of the American Civil War. The Union [...]