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 ...

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 ...

And yes I think that is a woman helping the injured sailor. We know they were onboard many ships and John Nicol recounts how they helped bring powder to the guns so that would make sense. Love to know ...

Hi everyone – I’m preparing a piece to publish for our maritime art series on this mezzotint ‘Sailors in a Fight’. I’ve always hugely enjoyed it. Who can help explain exactly what is happening? There ...

I am writing a novel and a significant part of it takes place on sailing ships around 1675. I have already written that part of the book, but I am not an expert on sailing or wooden ships from that ...

Experience three cities and two countries during this travelling conference that will take place at the Maritime Centre Forum Marinum, Turku, House of Sciences and Letters in Helsinki, Finland and at ...

I am seeking advice from forum members regarding an archaeological study of materials salvaged by Inuit from two 1845 Franklin expedition boats, one found in 1859 and the other in 1861, at Erebus Bay ...

reading David R.MacGregor’s great book, Fast Sailing Ships, Their Design And Construction 1775 – 1875, I came across the following sentence: Alexander Stephen Jnr estimated the first cost and interest ...

I am an independent scholar in maritime research. I am contemplating writing a book on the T2s build as part of the massive shipbuilding effort during WWII. Does anyone know of a book specifically on ...

Does anyone know of a historian who has worked on sounds at sea? I’ve just found a ‘piping chart’ in an early seamanship manual and I’d like someone to author a short magazine piece (c.1000 words) for ...

Nick Phillips and I have a draft paper entitled ‘Sailing outside the box: Seeing a bluewater passage maker in a coastal cruiser‘, and would keen to hear from anyone with comments or suggestions. The ...

This query concerns a possible overlap with interests of the Antique Metalware Society for whom , as a member also, I am preparing a newsletter article. Prior to other forms, ships’ lighting was by ...