Capturing a Slaver—1845
Capturing a Slaver—1845 Classic Pantaloon In an earlier blog (Click here to read it if you [...]
1916 Illustrated – a German Perspective
1916 Illustrated – a German Perspective 1916 was to be a momentous year in WW1, notable for the battles of Verdun, the Somme and Jutland, of [...]
THE EPIC OF THE SCHOONER BETSEY, 1805
THE EPIC OF THE SCHOONER BETSEY, 1805 I recently came across a book – undated, but clearly late 19th Century – entitled “Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, [...]
Royal Navy’s Pre-Dreadnoughts’ Sacrifice
The Royal Navy’s Pre-Dreadnoughts' Sacrifice HMS Dreadnought - the Game Changer. Ten 12-inch guns and turbine driven The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1905 made all [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]