The construction of built-up guns has been conjectural until their recovery from the Mary Rose, but examples of cannon from Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands are available for study. The article ...

The article discusses the hull shape of the Xebec, the various sizes of the design, the rigs used at different times, the armament and the additional variations due to where built and purpose. It ...

The earliest map of London that has come down to our time is Wyngaerde’s panorama, dating from between 1543 and 1550. It provides a bird’s-eye view of the whole city, together with Westminster and ...

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The history, design, building and use of these unique coastal craft are looked at in some detail – a plan of a 1903 boat is provided. The Weston flatners appear to be closely related not only to other ...

A short history of the Kempenfelt family from origins in Sweden and what details are available of the careers and fate of Admiral Kempenfelt’s brothers. The free quarterly newsletter of the Society ...

In this book, Sebastiano Tusa, one of the most important Italian underwater archaeologists and superintendent of the Sea of Sicily, offers a series of interesting suggestions about the history of the ...

Discusses the development of the visual signalling system known in its various forms as Semaphore, ranging from hand-held flags to tower-mounted rotating arms, using differing codes and languages at ...

The Fishburns and the Langbournes were two of the three most notable Whitby shipbuilders in the last decade of the eighteenth century. Thomas Fishburn was known for producing ship-rigged vessels with ...

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Why is the Union Flag commonly called the Union Jack? The answer is to be found in the Stuart proclamations that governed the introduction and use of the Union Flag, which provided that the King’s ...

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 ...