The Society of Nautical Research is pleased to present this year’s Anderson Medal, for the best maritime publication, to Dr James Davey for his book Tempest: The Royal Navy in the Age of Revolutions ...

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Hello All, I currently have a 12-pound cannonball mounted on oak stand, crafted from the original timbers of HMS Victory, created as part of the "Save the Victory" campaign in 1922, with inscription: ...

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The article criticises several assumptions by later British historians such as Sir Julian Corbett about the origins of the heavy-gunned ‘broadside’ vessel and associated English battle tactics ...

During the 1870s, the Royal Navy’s unchallenged superiority led, ironically, to complacency and neglect on the part of the Government and the senior Navy leadership. While both paid lip service to the ...

Little has been written about anchors in Egypt during the period of the Old Kingdom. Based on particular evidence, discoveries and previous researches, the author argues the relation of the Egyptians ...

The stages of the development of the new idea of the tactical use of the fleet are seen in the campaign of Damme 1213. The general reason for the campaign which ended in the battle of Damme in 1213 ...

HMS Belfast formed part of the Naval Task Force supporting the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944 during Operation Overlord. With only short breaks, she bombarded the French coast near Caen for ...

The author quotes a different version of the Iliad, recorded in MM Volume 1, Issue 12, but can offer no explanation of the variation. The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research ...

The article deals with the particular knowledge of certain parts of the sea acquired by local mariners, usually by tradition or from their own experience. Despite the growing availability of surveys ...