In the early 19 th century, Mexico produced approximately half of the world’s silver. Along with gold and jewels, this was used to pay for British trade goods. The problem was how to get these safely ...

A description of the events that led to the 60 gun ship Weymouth, Captain Calmady, breaking up on a reef in February 1745. Using the ships log and notes from the ...

Dating back to the late 13th century this wreck lies in 26m of water some 110nm North of Jakarta and 40nm off the Sumatran coast. She displaced around 300 tonnes. Earlier looting had taken place prior ...

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The use of the wheel to activate a ship’s rudder via the tiller came into use in the early 1700’s, in England, France and later Venetia. The essential problem was to translate the rotary motion of the ...

The rapid naval technological development of the late nineteenth century presented navies with numerous challenges. For the Royal Navy this included protecting the Nation’s global trade, although the ...

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King Philip II delayed sending galleys to defend Santo Domingo from pirates, due to instability, corruption, and monetary chaos on the island of Hispaniola. The two galleys finally sent in 1582 soon ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

An account of the life and working practices of an accomplished ship designer. Although born in St Andrews, Balfour was first given a contract in Denmark for two galleys in 1597 at the age of only 23, ...