A detailed history of the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth which included the first gated “dry” dock in England, intended to handle the largest ships of the day and meant to supersede the “wet’ docks then ...

Having recaptured Guadeloupe from the British in 1794, Victor Hugues became the island’s all powerful governor; developing his colonies privateers into his chief weapon and mounting an extensive ...

The construction of built-up guns has been conjectural until their recovery from the Mary Rose, but examples of cannon from Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands are available for study. The article ...

Following the declaration of war on Serbia by Austria-Hungary in the Summer of 1914, the French, Russian and British navies sent small detachments and a few shore batteries to assist Serbia in ...

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The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

Thomas Doughty was beheaded in Patagonia by Drake in 1578. Doughty’s brother, John, commenced murder proceedings against Drake upon their return to England. After establishing his locus standi, ...

From the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642 until his execution in1649 Charles 1 lost control of his navy and saw it ranged against him. At no time during the war could Charles count upon a strategic ...

The article describes the coracles used on the inland waterways of Iraq called quffah. Detail is given of the method of construction, their use and the different sizes, some big enough to transport 3 ...

The earliest notice of the new uniform appeared in the Jacobite’s Journal of March 5th, 1748, as follows: An order is said to be issued, requiring all his Majesty’s sea-officers, from the Admiral down ...

The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

A detailed and technical article on the development of ships in the Renaissance period. The author gives examples of sail development, build development and types of rigging. Focussing mainly on the ...