December 2020
The Year’s Blogs: 12 of the Best from 2020
The Year's Blogs: 12 of the best from 2020 2020 saw sustained activities on the Antoine Vanner Writing-Front, Covid-19 notwithstanding. The ninth book of the Dawlish [...]
The Cuxhaven Raid: Christmas Day 1914
The 9th Dawlish Chronicle is now available – details at end of article Christmas Day 1914: The Cuxhaven Raid On Christmas Day 1914 three Royal Navy seaplane carriers, Engadine, [...]
HMS Doterel Explosion 1881
The loss of HMS Doterel: Disaster off Punta Arenas 1881 Chile’s Punta Arenas, on the Brunswick Peninsula, to the northern side of the Strait of Magellan, is probably [...]
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 [...]