This episode looks at the extraordinary maritime history of Scarborough, a port town on the UK’s northeastern coast. Famed for its medieval herring fair that features in Simon and Garfunkel’s 1960s ...

With delicate and intentional placement of the apostrophe in its title, Normandy: The sailors’ story provides the collective account of the important role of all sailors involved in history’s greatest ...

When Congress contemplated creating the US Navy, myriad statesmen, shipbuilders, and captains debated concepts for its first warships. Facing conflicting requirements to battle Barbary Pirates and ...

This article considers the British shipbuilding industry’s record in building container ships under private control then state control through nationalization of the industry under the British ...

In 1961 the so-called ‘ Red Crusader incident’ came close to igniting a cod war between Denmark and Great Britain. In June 1961 the Aberdeen trawler Red Crusader was spotted fishing within the 6-mile ...

The naval and maritime dimension of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Dnieper river holds immense historical significance for understanding the geopolitical evolution of eastern Europe, ...

The Society of Model Shipwrights is celebrating its 50th Anniversary at the Royal Maritime Club in Portsmouth, with an exhibition of ship models made by members over the years. The exhibition will be ...

In 1628 the Dutch and Spanish had already been at war, with the occasional truce, for sixty years. What initially had begun as a war for Dutch independence in northern Europe had by this stage spilled ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...