In the church of Weston-on-Avon there is a stained glass window with images of boats. These have identified as salt barges. The profile looks very much like a Severn trow with a straight transom and ...

Image: ‘Staff Bible’ entry for Newman Mumford, 379. LRFHEC.

The ring-finger-hook-up was also apparent in the helicopter world. In the FAA the helicopter for small ships was the Wasp. There were foldout doors around the engine gearbox unit upon which the ...

Following the French Revolutionary, American and Napoleonic wars between 1793 and 1815, many smaller British warships were sold to merchant ship owners directly or to shipyards for breaking or resale.

Scholars of Polynesian history, culture or language will welcome the Hakluyt Society’s critical edition of William Mariner’s An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

First a cautionary note. Readers should not confuse this non-fictional account of the battle of Midway with Kevin Miller’s 2020 novel by the same title and on the same subject. Both works employ the ...

The extant record of Captain James Cook’s third Pacific voyage (1776–80) provides multiple detailed accounts, affording the opportunity to compare how the voyage’s officers portrayed themselves and ...

This article aims to clarify the origins of the animosity that developed between Admiral Sir William Parker (1742–1802), one of the Royal Navy’s senior commanders at the battle of Cape St Vincent in ...

Thanks for sending the photos Nicholas, hopefully now someone can offer some advice.

In 1840 the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company inaugurated a mail service from England to Alexandria that was then extended onwards from Suez to Ceylon, Madras and Calcutta. The transfer ...

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