August 2017
Hospital Ships in U-Boat Sights 1917-18
Hospital Ships in U-Boat Sights 1917-18 There can be few more dreadful predicaments in warfare at sea than to be a patient in a hospital ship [...]
July 2017
The loss of HMS Amphion, 1796
The loss of HMS Amphion, 1796 The horror of explosion on a wooden ship As depicted by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900) [...]
1667 AND ALL THAT: Guest Blog by J.D.Davies
1667 and all that: Guest Blog by J.D. Davies Dutch attack on the Medway, June 1667 by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest Antoine Vanner: [...]
July 1917: A month of carnage at sea
July 1917: A month of carnage at sea U-boat warfare, as idealised by German artist Willy Stöwer (1864-1931) A hundred years ago, in July 1917, Germany’s [...]
Britain and France confront Argentina – the Battle of Obligado, 1845
Britain and France confront Argentina Battle of Obligado, 1845 British ships (right) and French ships (left) move up the Parana river towards Argentinian defences, November [...]
June 2017
HMS Recruit: A Marooning Scandal in the Royal Navy
HMS Recruit: A Marooning Scandal in the Royal Navy One tends to think of “marooning” – abandoning a seaman alone on an uninhabited island – as [...]