November 2023
HMS Queen Charlotte loss 1800
The loss of HMS Queen Charlotte, 1800 During the twentieth century, damage-control was to become a naval discipline in itself, and was to result in many epics [...]
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 The Battle of Coronel, the first defeat to be suffered at sea by Britain’s Royal Navy [...]
September 2023
HMS Leopard – USS Chesapeake Incident, 1807
The USS Chesapeake – HMS Leopard Incident, 1807 The three-year “War of 1812“between Britain and the United States, brought no great benefit to either nation. Though the [...]
HMS Alexander at bay, 1794
HMS Alexander at bay, November 1794 Richard Bligh as Admiral Captain William Bligh – “Bligh of the Bounty” – is one of the best-remembered officers [...]
A Franco-Prussian Battle off Havana, 1870
The Franco-Prussian Battle of Havana, 1870 The Prussian navy, a weak force composed mainly of gunboats, played an insignificant, if sometimes heroic, role in the three [...]