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Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire
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Friday, 9 October 2015
Nelson and Hardy – the forging of a partnership
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We have encountered HMS Blanche before, in her furious duel in January 1795, in the middle years of the Revolutionary War between Britain ...
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Tuesday, 6 October 2015
The Bell Rock Lighthouse and the loss of HMS Argyll 1915
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Between 1902 and 1908 a total of 34 armoured cruisers were built for the Royal Navy. Expensive ships, almost all in the 10000 to 16000-ton ...
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Life at sea in merchant service in the 1870s
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It is easy, at this remove, to be entranced by the “romance” of the seaborne trade in the 19 th Century, when the numbers of ships grew ex...
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Friday, 25 September 2015
Miss Betty Mouat and the Colombine 1886
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My blog posts often deal with blood and thunder, conflict and battle, but this present item deals with a middle-aged lady of poor backgroun...
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Friday, 18 September 2015
“I’d prefer to be blown up!” - Antwerp 1831
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The Netherlands and Belgium are today two separate nations, and have indeed had separate existences, in one form or another, for most of th...
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Tuesday, 15 September 2015
1863: The first American-Japanese naval battle
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July 1863 was recognised both at the time and afterwards as the turning point of the American Civil War. The Union victory at Gettysburg in...
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