Dawlish Chronicles

Sir Murray Fraser Sueter (1872 – 1960) was one of the most colourful personalities of the Royal Navy prior to and through the First World W...

I continue to be amazed by the sheer number – and scale – of shipping disasters in the 19 th Century and many have been described previous...

In much historical fiction (including my own) women tend to turn up in the most extraordinary situations and bear heavy responsibilities, t...

In January 2015 I wrote a blog about the loss of the steamship London in 1866. It was one of the most appalling maritime disasters – of wh...

I dipped recently into a magnificently titled 19 th Century book, of indeterminate date, called: “THRILLING NARRATIVES OF MUTINY, MURD...

While leafing through an 1894 book entitled “The British Fleet” by Commander Charles N. Robinson (Assistant Editor of the Army and Nav...

A contemporary satirical print showing Byng  and the inconclusive action that doomed him The execution by firing squad in 1757 of Admir...