In the 17thCentury 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 ...

In 1803 control of the Adriatic was disputed; French troops occupied Italy; their privateers threatened commerce with the Levant; and Nelson was under orders to maintain good relations with Russia and ...

The article deals with the particular knowledge of certain parts of the sea acquired by local mariners, usually by tradition or from their own experience. Despite the growing availability of surveys ...

It is a long-standing assumption that the colour scheme of British warships between 1775 and 1815 changed from yellow hulls, through the yellow and black ...

A description of the ceremony by which merchant sailors celebrated ending their first month at sea, regarded as work done for nothing. The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical ...

This is an article detailing the period when sidelights began to come into use and eventually became mandatory. Prior to their use it was only recommended that mooring lights be shown, with the ...

The introduction of public advertisements in the London Gazette was a significant change to the previous system of purveyance and individual contracts for supplies for the fleet. Advertisements were ...

The background to the often retold story of the death of Fanny Adams and the myth that her remains were found in a tin of meat, correcting the previous notes in The Mariner’s Mirror over many years.

This article provides a survey of Guernsey-based privateering from roughly 1689 to 1815. The opportunity is also used to discuss reciprocal privateering by the French (from St. Malo to Dieppe), as ...

Abstract Developments in the practice of naval gunnery between the early 16 th century and mid 18 th century are discussed, with related changes in tactics leading to the establishment of the line of ...

“The Mariner’s Mirrour” was the title chosen by Ashley for his English translation of Waghenaer’s “Speighel der Zeevaerdt”, with the cover of the journal reproducing the title page of the first ...

The Battle of the Nile of 1798 was one of the most important naval battles that has ever been fought. This episode presents an introduction explaining the context of the battle and is followed by a ...