October 2021
Hoche Ramming Disaster 1892
Another peacetime ramming disaster: Hoche and Maréchal Canrobert 1892 Ramming proved a successful manoeuvre in battle on only one naval battle – at Lissa in 1866 [...]
18th Century Naval Artists Part 2
Naval Artists of the 18th Century – Part 2 Creating the Image of the British Seaman In the first part of this occasional series, which appeared [...]
Enter the Imperial German Navy on the World’s Oceans
The Arrival of the Imperial German Navy on the World’s Oceans November 30th 2018 saw the publication of the seventh novel in the Dawlish Chronicles series, Britannia’s [...]
Disaster in the North Sea 1811 – HMS Hero
The wreck of HMS Hero, 1811 Though the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars involved some two decades of continuous conflict, in which control of the sea was a [...]
August 2021
Admiral Walter Cowan – Fire-eating naval officer and the oldest Commando
Guest Blog by naval novelist Tim Chant I met Tim Chant at a Historical Novels Society in Scotland in 2018 and I was interested to learn [...]
The “Royal Family” at War 1747
The "Royal Family” at War 1747 The pursuit of the treasure ship Glorioso Pedro de la Cerda The Glorioso's [...]