The development of the Severn Trow from the 15 th to early 20th century is discussed. The earliest form was an open flat bottomed, double ended barge progressively developing a more rounded section ...

The use of table decorations in the form of ship models, known as nefs, became a way of demonstrating prestige among the elite merchant class of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. One of the most ...

This episode forms part of a new strand of our podcast: Seapower Past and Present which explores seapower as it is understood and practised in the modern world whilst offering a historical perspective ...

In 1961 the so-called ‘ Red Crusader incident’ came close to igniting a cod war between Denmark and Great Britain. In June 1961 the Aberdeen trawler Red Crusader was spotted fishing within the 6-mile ...

Alternative medical practitioner Henry Hall Sherwood designed, made and sold electromagnetic drugs and medical electrical machines. The American medical establishment labelled him a ‘quack’. His ...

In October 1568 around 100 English sailors were set ashore near Tampico, Mexico, during the third, disastrous slaving voyage of John Hawkins. Of these, 26 men attempted to evade Spanish authorities by ...

In 1974 the Legiao Portuguesa (Portuguese Legion) and all its sections were finally disbanded, leaving its members with a reputation as informers for the regime’s political police. This was not the ...

This article considers the British shipbuilding industry’s record in building container ships under private control then state control through nationalization of the industry under the British ...

In The British in the Adriatic, 1800–1825, Malcolm Scott Hardy offers a deep dive into an often overlooked theatre of British operations during the Napoleonic Wars. This richly evidenced account zooms ...

During the 1870s three naval vessels participated in the study of the Pacific Ocean. In 1873 the Royal Navy’s HMS Challenger departed from Portsmouth, ...

In Global Trade and the Shaping of English FreedomWilliam Pettigrew presents five case studies to demonstrate the ways that interactions between English merchants and foreign traders, ministers, kings ...

Have RN personnel, not RM, ever acted as infantry post WW2? During WW2 the beach master teams were, effectively infantry as they were armed with small arms in an active combat zone. In ‘Biggles breaks ...