Royal interest was always there, and royal visits were reported in the newspapers and court circular. This boosted public interest in the ship, and despite the fact that the only access open to ...
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A systematic examination of the reasons why the British fleet won the race against the French to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay in advance of the battle of Cape Henry on 16 March 1781. The free quarterly ...
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, ...
A synthesis of the available material on the battle and an evaluation of its strategic significance with particular emphasis on the role played by ‘Ultra’, the British decrypts of Axis signals in the ...
Commander J. W. Damer Powell, who died in July 1958, was a frequent contributor to The Mariner’s Mirror and was the author of Bristol Privateers and Ships of War. He went to sea at age 17 and served ...
Patrolling against the slave trade on the West African coast presented Royal Navy commanders with unique challenges. The Admiralty therefore selected officers for the station based on their diplomatic ...
In the 1750s, the Admiralty established a sound policy; parallel evaluation of designs based on proven models. Frigates formed four independent classes with differing hull shapes, tillers, hawse holes ...
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 ...
A detailed history of the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth which included the first gated “dry” dock in England, intended to handle the largest ships of the day and meant to supersede the “wet’ docks then ...
Thomas Doughty was beheaded in Patagonia by Drake in 1578. Doughty’s brother, John, commenced murder proceedings against Drake upon their return to England. After establishing his locus standi, ...
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 ...
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