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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, ...

This article provides a survey of Guernsey-based privateering from roughly 1689 to 1815. The opportunity is also used to discuss reciprocal privateering ...

Vernon C. Boyle, the renowned maritime artist and scholar, died in June 1954. He was a leading authority on the history of the ships and harbours of north Devon and produced numerous notes and ...

This article examines the history of swivel guns on warships from the late fifteenth century and the actual specifications therein. Referencing numerous ...

This article is a detailed study of the costs involved in building warships of the period. It is based on Progress Books One, Two and Five. Direct comparisons between the costs of different vessels ...

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 ...

This week, as part of my own book research I have discovered a forgotten officer who is likely worth a biography or a novel or even a series of novels of his own, that is if a potential author can ...

Have RN personnel, not RM, ever acted as infantry post WW2? During WW2 the beach master teams were, effectively infantry as they were armed with small arms in an active combat zone. In ‘Biggles breaks ...

Part 7 of a series of articles drawn from the manuscript of the late Sir Oswyn Murray, originally planned as a volume in the Whitehall Series. This Part deals with the organisational structure of the ...

The Battle of the Nile of 1798 was one of the most important naval battles that has ever been fought. This episode presents an introduction explaining the context of the battle and is followed by a ...

An examination of the graffiti found in the castle used to house prisoners during the eighteenth century.