This episode is the first of a series on the history of the Cinque Ports in which we bring you a mixture of fascinating history alongside a glimpse into contemporary life in these vibrant and ancient ...

A mini-series on the maritime history of Germany launches with a visit to the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, which has recently launched a stand-out new permanent exhibition ‘Ship Realms – The ...

(for an ancient reference to these boats, see Hawkins, Clifford W. 1965. “THE TUTICORIN THONI.” The Mariner’s Mirror 51 (2): 147–54. it seems to me that historians could still do a lot about ships ...

The Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary War is not a new subject. It has inspired historians from many traditions. From the patriotic and nationalistic, the conservative and the radical, the ...

Building passenger ships was a primary activity of the British shipbuilding industry for a century and half. Scotland not only built the earliest and the latest ships but also contributed around half ...

For anyone who knows and loves Hong Kong, this is a marvellous book, full of colourful characters and their often equally colourful stories. It quite certainly introduces us not only to a different ...

Over the course of the late eighteenth century the Royal Navy, and most other navies, changed the Mizzen yard from a full lateen to a half lateen (where the sail in front of the mast was cut away but ...

The ‘Golden Years’ in this book’s title almost mirrors the ‘Long Boom’ in international trade ended by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil embargo of 1973–4 which quadrupled ...

“Around March 24th, a small ship of about 40 tons called The Seigneur de Porte arrived in the harbor known as “The Puddle,” near the town of Rye, from Oporto in Portugal. It was loaded with oranges ...

We are delighted to announce that the prestigious Anderson Medal for 2023 has been awarded to Professor Roger Knight for his book Convoys: The British Struggle against Napoleonic Europe and America ...

On Warmer Tides describes the genesis and activities of Italy’s First World War naval ‘commandos’. It is replete with glossy paper and a professional layout, alongside 25 high-quality photographs and ...