Peter Lehr has put together an unusually inclusive account of pirates past and present, a useful volume that acquaints the reader with the basic elements of piracy across the globe and historical eras ...

The Ashmolean Museum houses the oldest English ship model in existence, although its provenance and raison d’être has never been fully established. Details of the model, and restoration work carried ...

The Nore mutiny of March-May 1797 has been attributed to many factors including a large influx of quota men, infiltration by the United Irish, and the influence of radical societies. Based on close ...

The study of the development and structure of medieval ships has for many years relied on iconographic evidence and the hulc in particular has proved different from other types with its characteristic ...

Goodwin seeks to clarify the misunderstandings relating to the different kinds of gaff-topsails, which in 1911 were still very common. The confusion emanates from the fact that the names were never ...

The location of this Spanish wreck dating from 1597 has been disputed, but documentary evidence reconstructs the events which led to its loss. The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical ...

Watermen in small boats performed a range of functions in ports and anchorages both large and small around the British Isles. They acted as tenders, berthed and moved ships, carried crews, passengers ...

The neglected area of Turkish maritime history is examined in a wide context looking at the spread of nautical references into the arts and literature; an example being the use of Arabic writing as ...

The author, viewing the lamentable state of figureheads stored in the dockyard (fire) engine shed and adjoining enclosed spaces asks, “Is there no one who will take the matter in hand?” To support his ...

The author discusses a personal selection of five ships of seminal significance: Noah’s Ark, an apparently sound structure without propulsion or guidance systems; the Phoenician vessel described by ...

Grahame Farr has put together the notes left by Vernon Boyle at the time of his death to provide first hand descriptions of techniques used during the 19 th century. The illustrations are by Vernon ...

The quality of the iron used for this purpose was important. At low temperatures the need for use of quality such material is clear. Using such samples as were possible to obtain, for example from a ...