I thought members might be interested in this report from the National Archives... 22 April 1574: Report by the Rye Authorities "Around March 24th, a small ship of about 40 tons called The Seigneur de ...

The Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary War is not a new subject. It has inspired historians from many traditions. From the patriotic and nationalistic, the conservative and the radical, the ...

We are delighted to announce that the prestigious Anderson Medal for 2023 has been awarded to Professor Roger Knight for his book Convoys: The British Struggle against Napoleonic Europe and America ...

In 1920, in the Cammell, Laird & Co. shipyard in Birkenhead, a ship was built that would change the shipbuilding industry and shipyards forever. ss Fullagar was the world’s first fully welded ...

I will let others correct me but my understanding was that HMS came into use around 1790, I have found references to HMS Phoenix being the first use in 1789. Prior to that it was usually written “His ...

For anyone who knows and loves Hong Kong, this is a marvellous book, full of colourful characters and their often equally colourful stories. It quite certainly introduces us not only to a different ...

Building passenger ships was a primary activity of the British shipbuilding industry for a century and half. Scotland not only built the earliest and the latest ships but also contributed around half ...

Throughout the Second World War, collier ships took coal to London from north-east ports. From the outset, the masters of these ships had to learn the skills of sailing in convoy with the additional ...

Our knowledge of the information on which the East India Company (hereafter EIC) acted upon in its early years is very limited. Existing records allow us to gain some insight into the actions of the ...

We are sad to record the passing of John Ross, the honorary secretary of the Research and Programmes Committee on 19 December 2024. John had been an active member of the Committee and served as its ...

This episode links together one of the most important inventions in all of maritime technology with one of the most notorious murders in history. In 1910 Dr Hawly Crippen killed his wife Cora in their ...

I have recently finished reading the biography of Sir Max Horton and I was wondering where his personal papers may be found. The three Captains of the Submarine Flotillas in the Mediterranean often ...