Ships have many roles. They can be places of longing or delivery vehicles, warmongers or escape helpers, environmental ...

This episode presents an astonishing and tragic story from the American Civil War with great relevance to the present day. It’s the story of a black boy called David Henry White who comes from ...

Sorry I am so late to this interesting discussion thread about leagers / leaguers but I may have something to add and I’d welcome thoughts as there are things here that I just don’t understand. For ...

This aquatint of an early fifteenth-century fighting ship is taken from a work by the nineteenth-century British artist Charles Henry Seaforth, made in 1812. Seaforth’s work was inspired by the ...

From the Society for Nautical Research in partnership with Lloyd’s Register Foundation, I’m Sam Willis. And this is the Mariners Mirror podcast, the world’s number one podcast dedicated to all of ...

On Wednesday 21 October all Society for Nautical Research members are invited to the Annual Wreath Laying Service In Nelson’s Crypt, St Paul’s Cathedral. This takes place at 11.00am, so arrive at ...

Fourteen books were considered by the Committee for the Anderson Prize this year. They represented a broad range of high-quality publications. Most of the discussion revolved around four outstanding ...

Image: ‘Staff Bible’ entry for Newman Mumford, 379. LRFHEC.

HMS Racoon was part of Commodore Hilyarr’s squadron sent to the Pacific to capture USS Essex. Racoon was detached to capture Fort Astoria on the Columbia River, an action that compromised British ...

As anyone with any exposure to the internet knows, the supposed shot resistance of live oak is one of the most enduring popular myths about the Age of Sail, with 18-pounders bouncing off the hull of ...

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