Annan was well placed for shipbuilding as good timber came from the northern shores of the Solway Firth, and they could be fitted out at Liverpool. The last of the great clippers was built by ...

The trading and privateering voyage of Captain John Strong in the ship Welfare (or Farewell), 270 tons, 40 guns, to the South Seas in 1689-91 based on his journal and the account of Richard Simson.

Compared with other nations, the eighteenth century Royal Navy was markedly slower in adopting new propulsion technology, initially resisting steam in favour of sail and later the screw propeller over ...

Neither the ancient Greeks nor the Romans had a formal concept of international law of the sea, in part because the modern concept of coequal nations did not itself yet exist. However, the maritime ...

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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, ...

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, ...

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, ...

Following the declaration of war on Serbia by Austria-Hungary in the Summer of 1914, the French, Russian and British navies sent small detachments and a few shore batteries to assist Serbia in ...

Galleys, similar in design to those of the Viking era, played an important role in trade, policing and warfare in the Scottish highlands and Islands, especially Argyll. To date no wrecks have been ...

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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, ...