‘A correct view of the French Flat-Bottom Boats intended to convey their troops for the invasion of England, as seen afloat in Charante Bay in August 1803 – these flat bottom boats are about 120 feet ...

The majority of the images used in this site come from the vast image collections of the Royal Museums, Greenwich. They can be searched in their entirety here.searched in their entirety here.

I have recently finished reading the biography of Sir Max Horton and I was wondering where his personal papers may be found. The three Captains of the Submarine Flotillas in the Mediterranean often ...

Abstract. In order to understand some of the key issues of nineteenth-century maritime history, Leonardo Scavino’s study of the maritime community of Camogli in Liguria and its trajectory from a small ...

I’ve just listened to this podcast and enjoyed it very much. But I would quibble with one small point that probably wouldn’t matter to most of your listeners, but is relevant to the story of sea songs ...

Ships have many roles. They can be places of longing or delivery vehicles, warmongers or escape helpers, environmental disruptors or repositories of knowledge. One thing is certain: without ships, our ...

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 ...

I’m doing a presentation for the National Button Society of America and in the process have gone down a rabbit hole in which I’m trying to establish whether the silver sleeve buttons with a Tudor Rose ...

Next week the Society for Nautical Research launches its winter lecture series for this academic year. These online lectures will highlight new and ongoing research being undertaken by members of the ...

Does anybody know where I can find good translations of the poems of Gorch Fock, aka Johann Kinau, who served on the SMS Wiesbaden during the Battle of Jutland. I am particularly interested in his ...

I am looking into the activities of the Russian Baltic Fleet while it was based at Chatham for about 18 months in 1812-14 during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. The fleet of 18 ships of the line and ...

Does anyone have information on how the second hand market in smaller sailing vessels operated in the period c1850-1930? I guess that brokers played a part but how did potential buyers and sellers get ...