August 2018
Life – and Death – at sea in the 1870s
Life – and Death – at sea in the 1870s It is easy, at this remove, to be entranced by the “romance” of the seaborne trade in [...]
The Matchstick Fleet
The Matchstick Fleet Two weeks ago I visited the Nothe Fort in Weymouth, Dorset. This is one of a whole series of forts built along the southern [...]
The Felicidade Affair 1845
Shipwreck, Survival, Slave Trade Suppression - and Injustice, 1845 High-quality radio communications today, and the associated ability of ships in difficulty to transmit distress messages, make it [...]
Naval Artists of the 18th Century – 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 on [...]
The Man Who Knew About Pirates
Guest Blog by Helen Hollick: The Man Who Knew About Pirates Click image for details My friend Helen Hollick writes [...]
The wreck of HMS Hero, 1811
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 [...]