This article is a robust riposte to the commonly held view that work aloft in sailing vessels-and particularly in the Royal Navy – was highly risky and resulted in frequent accidents and death. It ...

A naval cause celebre, the dispute between Augustus Keppel and Sir Hugh Palliser after the inconclusive battle of Ushant in 1778 led to the courts martial (and acquittals) of both admirals. The causes ...

The Ashmolean Museum houses the oldest English ship model in existence, although its provenance and raison d’être has never been fully established. Details of the model, and restoration work carried ...

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Having recaptured Guadeloupe from the British in 1794, Victor Hugues became the island’s all powerful governor; developing his colonies privateers into his chief weapon and mounting an extensive ...

The author throws new light on Norris’s origins, early service, marriage and death. Norris entered the Navy aged 9 or 10 as the ‘servant’ of Captain Richard Borthwick and almost immediately joined the ...

The preamble to the 1866 Naval Discipline Act, which incorporates the Articles of War reads: “The Navy whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of the Kingdom ...

This is Andrew Lambert’s most ambitious book. In it he sets out an interesting and original thesis that ‘seapower states’ have been the result of the ambitions of an oligarchic elite, based on ...

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The fascinating story of the sailing ships equipped as Q ships which confronted German submarines in the North Sea is told here, including the contribution from Joseph Conrad. The free quarterly ...

Well-adapted for fishing the estuarial waters of Wexford, the cot is flat-bottomed and usually double-ended with a sharply-angled chine. Historical affinities have variously been suggested with ...

HMS Norwich, a 28 gun frigate under Captain Heywood arrived in Jamaica in 1680 to catch pirates and interlopers. In 1682, on returning from Cartagena, she ran aground on a reef. A bower anchor was ...