I currently have a 12-pound cannonball mounted on oak stand, crafted from the original timbers of HMS Victory, created as part of the “Save the Victory” campaign in 1922, with inscription: “Sold in ...

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The Society of Nautical Research is pleased to present this year’s Anderson Medal, for the best maritime publication, to Dr James Davey for his book Tempest: The Royal Navy in the Age of Revolutions ...

This article describes how a British Fleet, under Sir William Parker, consisting of a line-of-battle ship, some frigates, sloops and transports, in all seventy sailing vessels, proceeded under canvas ...

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Discusses the development of the visual signalling system known in its various forms as Semaphore, ranging from hand-held flags to tower-mounted rotating arms, using differing codes and languages at ...

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Customs records provide a rich source of information about individual vessels and their cargoes. The earliest regular information about ships and cargoes trading in English ports is found in such ...

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The article takes up a subject touched on in previous articles and correspondence in the Mariner’s Mirror relating to the bows of 16th century warships. From contemporary drawings is observed that ...

The author comments on the nautical origin of a number of commonly used phrases, for example “three sheets in the wind”, which he surmises was a comment on the ability of the helmsman, and “to be at ...