RN Mobilisation 1914
The Royal Navy 29th July 1914: “Eighteen miles of warships running- at high speed and in absolute blackness through the narrow straits” This blog is published [...]
Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign – by Tom Williams
Guest Blog: Napoleon in Egypt Introduction by Antoine Vanner One of the great pleasure I found after I published my first novel was meeting other writers [...]
Loss of the liner La Bourgogne, 1898
The loss of the liner La Bourgogne, 1898 The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 remains locked in the public imagination as the supreme tragedy of North Atlantic passenger travel, [...]
HMS Guardian 1789 – an epic battle for survival
HMS Guardian 1789 – an epic battle for survival Some while ago I discovered the wonderful 1895 publication “Story of the Sea”, edited by “Q” (Sir [...]
Hell at Sea in the mid-19th Century
Hell at Sea: Merchant Service in the mid-19th Century It is impossible to see images of the great clippers and other large vessels under sail in [...]
Making the best of what you have: Germany’s Kriegsmarine in WW2
Guest Blog by Bob Cordery: Making the best of what you have: Germany’s Kriegsmarine and some of the warships it captured Introduction by Antoine Vanner: A [...]