November 2020
Princess Alice Disaster 1878
The Princess Alice Disaster, 1878 Though it is now largely forgotten, one of Britain's worst maritime catastrophes occurred on the River Thames in 1878 , just downriver from [...]
October 2020
Life at sea in the Royal Navy, late 1860s
Life at sea in the Royal Navy, late 1860s Scott, 1903 I’ve recently been dipping again into [...]
Guest Blog: The Ambush of SS Persia, 1915
Guest Blog by Alan Wren The Ambush of SS Persia, 1915 Introduction by Antione Vanner: I wrote a blog article some time ago (click here) about [...]
HMS Black Joke engages a slaver, 1831
HMS Black Joke engages a slaver, 1831 Following Britain’s abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807 and end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the Royal Navy [...]
Guest Blog by Penelope Fisher – Lord Fisher
Guest Blog by Penelope Fisher "Sea Lord and Me" Introduction by Antoine Vanner: Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher Copyright R.Fisher I [...]
HMS Pelorus, 2000 miles up the Amazon, 1909
A British cruiser 2000 miles up the Amazon: HMS Pelorus 1909 As a prisoner on HMS Bellerophon, prior to his exile on St. Helena, Napoleon told [...]