June 2017
Pig-headed stupidity and the wreck of the Vrijheid, 1782
Pig-headed stupidity and the wreck of the Vrijheid, 1782 Many maritime disasters have been caused by poor ship designs, inadequate operating procedures, bad maintenance and overwhelming [...]
HMS Hero – the Player’s “Navy Cut” battleship
HMS Hero – the Player’s “Navy Cut” battleship HMS Hero and her sister, HMS Conqueror, both commissioned in the late 1880s, were described by Dr.Oscar Parkes, [...]
Almirante Lynch – first sinking by torpedo, 1891
Almirante Lynch – first sinking by torpedo, 1891 The appearance of the successful self-propelled torpedo occurred in the mid-1870s, at the same time as light, efficient [...]
Bayonnaise and HMS Ambuscade action, 1798
The Bayonnaise and HMS Ambuscade action, 1798 On my blog and website, I have dealt several times with single-ship actions during the Age of Fighting Sail, the [...]
Frigates Blanche and Pique duel in darkness – 1795
Duel in the Dark: Frigates Blanche and Pique 1795 Though major fleet actions such as Camperdown, The Nile and Trafalgar seem to most as emblematic of [...]
Gunvessels and Gunboats of the 1860s
Gunvessels and Gunboats of the 1860s The latest Dawlish Chronicles free short story, Britannia’s Fist, is set on the Caribbean coast of Columbia in [...]