1805 Club Glorious First of June. Sunday 1st June 2025. Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire ...

Abstract. This article examines the effect of the Colonial Naval Defence Act 1865, on the development of Australia’s naval forces. During the colonial period the Act’s part in enabling these forces to ...

A very special episode in our new Iconic Ships series, published on the anniversary of the loss of HMS Hood in 1941. HMS Hood is without doubt one of the Royal Navy’s most famous ships. A ...

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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 ...

In this, the sixth episode of our Great Sea Fights series, we explore the remarkable events of 19 August 1812 when the powerful frigate USS Constitution fought and destroyed the British frigate HMS ...

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Abstract. In this intriguing new book, John McAleer shines a spotlight on the Atlantic leg of outbound voyages from Britain to Asia. Drawing on the accounts left by passengers on board the EIC’s East ...

Our mini-series on Maritime Disasters continues with the Vasa, the mighty flagship of the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus.Built between 1626 and 1628 Vasa was the pinnacle of Swedish artistic and ...

Clipper Thermopylae (foreground) in company with Cutty Sark beating down the South China Sea, 1872. Painting by Tim Thompson. In this episode we hear about Thermopylae, one of the most magnificent ...

With frequent headlines in the news highlighting the plight of refugees suffering shipwreck in the Mediterranean, death at sea is an important contemporary issue. This episode explores the historical ...

This episode explores ss Bessemer (1874), known as the ‘Swinging Saloon Ship.’ An experimental cross-channel steamship, Bessemer was designed with a central saloon that moved on gymbals, to counteract ...