Ships have many roles. They can be places of longing or delivery vehicles, warmongers or escape helpers, environmental ...

Sorry I am so late to this interesting discussion thread about leagers / leaguers but I may have something to add and I’d welcome thoughts as there are things here that I just don’t understand. For ...

From the Society for Nautical Research in partnership with Lloyd’s Register Foundation, I’m Sam Willis. And this is the Mariners Mirror podcast, the world’s number one podcast dedicated to all of ...

On Wednesday 21 October all Society for Nautical Research members are invited to the Annual Wreath Laying Service In Nelson’s Crypt, St Paul’s Cathedral. This takes place at 11.00am, so arrive at ...

Fourteen books were considered by the Committee for the Anderson Prize this year. They represented a broad range of high-quality publications. Most of the discussion revolved around four outstanding ...

Image: ‘Staff Bible’ entry for Newman Mumford, 379. LRFHEC.

HMS Racoon was part of Commodore Hilyarr’s squadron sent to the Pacific to capture USS Essex. Racoon was detached to capture Fort Astoria on the Columbia River, an action that compromised British ...

As anyone with any exposure to the internet knows, the supposed shot resistance of live oak is one of the most enduring popular myths about the Age of Sail, with 18-pounders bouncing off the hull of ...

Following the French Revolutionary, American and Napoleonic wars between 1793 and 1815, many smaller British warships were sold to merchant ship owners directly or to shipyards for breaking or resale.

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First a cautionary note. Readers should not confuse this non-fictional account of the battle of Midway with Kevin Miller’s 2020 novel by the same title and on the same subject. Both works employ the ...

This article aims to clarify the origins of the animosity that developed between Admiral Sir William Parker (1742–1802), one of the Royal Navy’s senior commanders at the battle of Cape St Vincent in ...