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HMS Dolphin captures the slaver Firme, 1841
By Antoine Vanner|2026-06-12T17:58:25+00:00June 12th, 2026|
HMS Dolphin capture [...]
Disgrace at sea: Sinking of liner La Bourgogne, 1898
By Antoine Vanner|2026-06-04T14:09:45+00:00June 4th, 2026|
Disgrace at sea: Loss of l [...]
Duelling Steamships : Vladimir vs. Pervaz-i-Bahri, 1853
By Antoine Vanner|2026-05-28T15:36:33+00:00May 28th, 2026|
Duelling Steam Warships : [...]
On the Royal Navy List for 96 Years – Sir Provo Wallis
By Antoine Vanner|2026-05-21T18:46:37+00:00May 21st, 2026|
On the Royal Navy List for [...]
French Prisoners of War in Britain 1793 – 1815: Part 2
By Antoine Vanner|2026-05-15T19:07:17+00:00May 15th, 2026|
Lonely Lives and Deaths Fr [...]
French Prisoners of War in Britain 1793 – 1815, Part 1
By Antoine Vanner|2026-05-07T16:46:10+00:00May 7th, 2026|
Lonely Lives and Deaths Fr [...]
The Wreck of the Rothsay Castle, 1831
By Antoine Vanner|2026-04-29T19:11:07+00:00April 29th, 2026|
The Wreck of the Rothsay C [...]
The Battle of Heligoland, 1854 – War in the North Sea
By Antoine Vanner|2026-04-24T16:31:16+00:00April 24th, 2026|
War in the North Sea, 1864 [...]
How to serve one of Nelson’s 32-pounders
By Antoine Vanner|2026-04-16T16:46:30+00:00April 16th, 2026|
How to serve one of Nelson [...]
Panama Crisis, 1885: Chile’s fleeting moment of naval superiority
By Antoine Vanner|2026-04-09T20:17:42+00:00April 9th, 2026|
The Panama Crisis of 1885 [...]
Steerage-passenger conditions on the North Atlantic
By Antoine Vanner|2026-03-26T17:22:13+00:00March 26th, 2026|
Steerage conditions on the [...]
Fire in North Atlantic: SS City of Montreal 1887
By Antoine Vanner|2026-03-15T18:11:49+00:00March 12th, 2026|
Loss by fire: SS City of M [...]
Mutiny on Dutch warship De Zeven Provinciën, 1933
By Antoine Vanner|2026-03-05T17:56:58+00:00March 5th, 2026|
The Mutiny on De Zeven Pro [...]
Victorian Training Tragedies: HMS Eurydice and HMS Atalanta
By Antoine Vanner|2026-02-26T15:35:41+00:00February 26th, 2026|
Victorian Training Tragedi [...]
China’s Zhongshan Gunboat – a splendid restoration
By Antoine Vanner|2026-02-19T17:09:40+00:00February 19th, 2026|
China’s Zhongshan Gunboat [...]
The Chinese Junk Keying, 1846
By Antoine Vanner|2026-02-12T17:30:20+00:00February 12th, 2026|
The Intercontinental Junk [...]
Wooden Derelicts – Menaces of the Age of Sail
By Antoine Vanner|2026-02-05T16:22:27+00:00February 5th, 2026|
Wooden Derelicts – Menaces [...]
The Franco-Prussian Battle of Havana, 1870
By Antoine Vanner|2026-01-29T18:32:47+00:00January 29th, 2026|
The Franco-Prussian Battle [...]