November 2019
Fire on the RMS Amazon 1852
The Loss by Fire of the RMS Amazon, 1852 Ships are still lost at sea in our own time, frequently as a result of regulations and standards being ignored [...]
Heroes – Guest Post by Kimberley Jordan Reeman
Heroes A Guest Post by Kimberley Jordan Reeman Introduction: Antoine Vanner It's a pleasure to welcome Kimberley as a guest on my blog today. She is the [...]
Battle of Coronel, November 1st 1914: Part 2
The Battle of Coronel, November 1st 1914: Part 2 If you missed the first part of this article, please click here to read it. HMS Glasgow entered [...]
The Battle of Coronel, November 1st 1914: Part 1
The Battle of Coronel, November 1st 1914 - Part 1 Today, November 1st 2019, is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Coronel, the first defeat to [...]
October 2019
An epic last stand – HMS Acheron and HMS Arrow, 1805
An epic last stand – HMS Acheron and HMS Arrow, 1805 In a separate article we encountered the innovative sloop, HMS Dart, when she went into attack on the heavily defended [...]
Privateer action off Madagascar 1806
Stranger than fiction: Privateer action off Madagascar 1806 Though mention warfare in the Age of Fighting Sail so often conjures up images of major fleet actions such [...]