HMS Calliope, launched in 1884, was a Calypso-Class Corvette and became one of the most famous ships of the Royal Navy in the last quarter of the nineteenth century when she was the only vessel, of a ...

Vaughan provides written evidence that the dock name must have been changed from the above to Greenland dock some time before 1763. The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research ...

This year, the Society’s AGM will take place at Exeter Guildhall at 1700 on Saturday, 7th June 2025. The event coincides with the Bowlines Maritime Literary Festival and Exeter’s annual Heritage ...

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 ...

Hornby, Commander in chief Portsmouth, were the epitome of the close relationship between naval training and naval doctrine during the ironclad era. They rehearsed the establishment of an advanced ...

The fifteenth edition of the illustrated annual provides a fresh assessment of navies, new ships, and advanced technology. The impact of the title spread, HMS Glasgow floating out in November 2022, is ...

Hello Everyone – I’m working on a ship model project – and to start with I need to know where the best ship models are…suggestions please, and not just in the UK. Sam W. — I am sure “best” means ...

I’m currently writing my senior honours undergraduate dissertation on a writer who was researching clippers in the 1930s. As part of that, I wanted to search the Mariners’s Mirror to see what was ...

I am trying to find information on a Marine who resigned some time in the early to mid 1770s. He stated that he sent a letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty. I can’t seem to figure out where to ...

in some new books I found that Keltridge in His Book provides a solution to calculate decreasing breadth sweep radius moving aft. Could anybody help me with it? William Keltridge in his book describes ...

There have been fifteen ships in the Royal Navy that have carried the name Portsmouth, the first being built at Portsmouth in 1649, although since the 1740s the name was mainly used for Store Ships , ...

Would there be any muster lists for the frigate Monck which fought at the battle of Barfleur in May 1692? A seamen from this ship William Diamont was buried in Petersham churchyard in Oct 1692.