POCKET CHRONOMETER USED ON CHARLES DARWIN’S BEAGLE VOYAGE ACQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH FOLLOWING 2025 EXPORT BAR The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich has acquired a rare ...

Ahh I see – it can be tricky to find sources. Although not a report the private papers of Rear Admiral (S) Dunbar-Nasmith also appear in the Imperial War Museum ...

For more than a century, the generosity of individuals has enabled the Society for Nautical Research to support the study, preservation and public understanding of our maritime past. A gift in your ...

As it is done under a completely separate organisation from SNR we would not hold the original record or transcript. But if you are looking at oral histories of Britannia Naval College are you aware ...

Hi everyone – I’m preparing a piece to publish for our maritime art series on this mezzotint ‘Sailors in a Fight’. I’ve always hugely enjoyed it. Who can help explain exactly what is happening? There ...

I am writing a novel and a significant part of it takes place on sailing ships around 1675. I have already written that part of the book, but I am not an expert on sailing or wooden ships from that ...

I am seeking advice from forum members regarding an archaeological study of materials salvaged by Inuit from two 1845 Franklin expedition boats, one found in 1859 and the other in 1861, at Erebus Bay ...

reading David R.MacGregor’s great book, Fast Sailing Ships, Their Design And Construction 1775 – 1875, I came across the following sentence: Alexander Stephen Jnr estimated the first cost and interest ...

I am an independent scholar in maritime research. I am contemplating writing a book on the T2s build as part of the massive shipbuilding effort during WWII. Does anyone know of a book specifically on ...

Nick Phillips and I have a draft paper entitled ‘Sailing outside the box: Seeing a bluewater passage maker in a coastal cruiser‘, and would keen to hear from anyone with comments or suggestions. The ...

The Navy Records Society published Naval Songs and Ballads in 1908 and it is their most popular volume! I’m launching a project to get audio recordings of every song in the book. The slight catch is ...

This image is a formal costume plate depicting Royal Navy officers’ uniforms, probably from the early to mid-nineteenth century, when naval dress was becoming increasingly standardised. Three officers ...