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, ...

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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, ...

The Dutch marine diver, John Jacop Janson, (in English Jacob Johnson) was hired in 1620 to recover guns from a shipwreck near Waterford. He was later hired to recover guns and valuable cargo from ...

In the 17 th Century systematic drainage of the Fenland freed large areas for agricultural development. To export products to the harbours of The Wash, the rivers Nene and Ouse together with their ...

Notes taken from the Public Record Office on the dates and details of construction of the Semaphore Telegraph stations erected during the Napoleonic wars, the routes served and the number of stations ...

During the British gunboat war against Denmark–Norway in the period 1808–13, the Danish island of Anholt posed a navigational hazard to Baltic convoys carrying strategic materials and manufactured ...

This paper outlines the operations of the Russian Navy, mostly in the Aegean and Adriatic Seas, against French and Turkish Fleets. The author describes a number of campaigns waged by the Russian ...

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, ...

Wooden ships have three main enemies – fire, dry-rot and worms, and rot was a major problem that affected the operational readiness of the fleet. Although rot must have been a problem for many ...