June 2017
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 [...]
May 2017
Hoche and Maréchal Canrobert collision 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 [...]
Chaplains at sea in the Age of Fighting Sail
Georgian Naval Chaplains - and a rascally journalist One seldom comes across any mention of chaplains in Nautical Fiction, despite the fact that by the Revolutionary [...]