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Friday, 24 July 2015

Shipwreck, Survival, Slave Trade Suppression - and Injustice, 1845

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High-quality radio communications today, and the associated ability of ships in difficulty to transmit distress messages, make it difficult...
Tuesday, 21 July 2015

The First Victoria Cross Winner 1854

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Ever since the Crimean War (1854-56) the Victoria Cross has been the highest award for British service personnel for gallantry in the fac...
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Friday, 17 July 2015

The Eventful Career of HMS Rattler

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A recent blog told the story of the invention and initial testing of screw-propellers for ships, building on principles established two mil...
Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Chaplains at sea in the Age of Fighting Sail

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One seldom comes across any mention of chaplains in Nautical Fiction, despite the fact that by the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars period...
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Friday, 10 July 2015

Polar Explorers and other Heroes – London’s Statues

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The Scott Memorial I’ve been in London today and am just back home, so no time this Friday evening for a long blog. The weather was bea...
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Tuesday, 7 July 2015

SS Archimedes – setting the shipping paradigm

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If anyone is challenged today to draw a simple picture of a ship, there is probably a more than a 99% likelihood that they’ll draw a long h...
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Friday, 3 July 2015

Duel in the Dark: Frigates Blanche and Pique 1795

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Though major fleet actions such as Camperdown, The Nile and Trafalgar seem to most as  emblematic of the Great Age of Fighting Sail. Such e...
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