June 2020
Capture of Curaçao 1807
The Royal Navy's Capture of Curaçao 1807 Lying some 40 miles north of the Venezuelan coast, the Caribbean island of Curaçao is today a separate country [...]
May 2020
Career of the Dutch Protected Cruiser Gelderland
The varied career of the Dutch Protected Cruiser Gelderland My wife’s grandmother, a splendid lady who died at almost 100 in the 1980s, gave me a very [...]
Captain Death of the Privateer Terrible, 1756
Captain Death of the Privateer Terrible, 1756 For the commander of a privateer to be named “Captain Death” seems over-theatrical, especially as his ship was called [...]
Plattsburg mutiny, 1816 – Part 2
The bloody Plattsburg mutiny, 1816 – Part 2 Part 1 of this article (Click here to read if you missed it) left the trading schooner and her [...]
Plattsburg mutiny, 1816 – Part 1
The bloody Plattsburg mutiny, 1816 - Part 1 Radio has been an integral feature of maritime operations, whether military or civil, for well over a century [...]
1759 – “The Wonderful Year”
1759 – “The Wonderful Year” When I was twelve I found in our local library a leather-bound “Children’s History of the World” in two volumes, each [...]