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The development of the Severn Trow from the 15 th to early 20th century is discussed. The earliest form was an open flat bottomed, double ended barge progressively developing a more rounded section ...

The article describes the role of the fleet under Lord Gambier in the combined land and sea attack which resulted in the Danish fleet being carried off to prevent it joining the French. The Danes had ...

The earliest map of London that has come down to our time is Wyngaerde’s panorama, dating from between 1543 and 1550. It provides a bird’s-eye view of the whole city, together with Westminster and ...

Coins were often placed under the mast of a sailing vessel to bring a fair wind, a good catch or profitable trading. Examples are given of such practices in historic vessels in the pre-1800 era from ...

The silver oar which is placed on the table below the Bench in the Admiralty Court is the visible sign of a maritime tribunal’s authority. In his article Senior attempts to establish the date on which ...

Rear-Admiral Sir Patrick Macnamara, who died in April 1957, joined the Britannia Naval College in 1901 and went to sea in 1902. Having qualified in gunnery in 1910 he was appointed gunnery officer of ...

Annan was well placed for shipbuilding as good timber came from the northern shores of the Solway Firth, and they could be fitted out at Liverpool. The last of the great clippers was built by ...

The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

Cook’s voyages played a significant part in the history of science and were supported by initially the Royal Society and later by the Board of Longitude. Astronomers, naturalists and artists went on ...

The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...