In 1628 the Dutch and Spanish had already been at war, with the occasional truce, for sixty years. What initially had begun as a war for Dutch independence in northern Europe had by this stage spilled ...

Folklore, myths and legends relating to the sea have existed for as long as humans have been travelling by sea. The alien nature of the marine environment, the almost inconceivable scale of the oceans ...

Today we have episode 7 of our Iconic Ships mini-series in which a curator of a historic ship makes a case for their ship being iconic, or a historian takes a ship from history but which sadly no ...

During the First and Second World Wars British fishing trawlers were turned into the Royal Naval Patrol Reserve to help clear the seas of mines and even take on the deadly U-Boats. They became known ...

Reported in Exeter newspapers are accounts of the travels of the King between England and Hanover, where he was still Elector. The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research ...

The adoption of steam engines for oceangoing vessels in the mid nineteenth century revolutionized shipping. On the face of it shipbuilders were presented with two choices. They could either strive to ...

An account of one of Anson’s crew who suffered madness at sea and, three years after his return, committed a murder in his hometown of Edinburgh. He had previously shown clear evidence of an ...

This article is a detailed study of the costs involved in building warships of the period. It is based on Progress Books One, Two and Five. Direct comparisons between the costs of different vessels ...

The article sets out to supplement an investigation conducted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation with information from nautical archaeology. It distinguishes five main types in two classes ...

The history of the marine engine component of this textile production firm reveals that for a time they were serious contenders in rivalry with Boulton & Watt steam engines. Having provided engines ...

The earliest map of London that has come down to our time is Wyngaerde’s panorama, dating from between 1543 and 1550. It provides a bird’s-eye view of the whole city, together with Westminster and ...

At the outset of the Seven Years’ War the navy was concerned by the use of neutral vessels to transport military goods, and this description of a small merchantman is of particular interest because of ...