The National Maritime Museum (NMM) part of Royal Museums Greenwich, and the Royal College of Art (RCA) are delighted to announce the availability of a fully funded four-year collaborative doctoral ...

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Portuguese trade with Asia was outperformed by the Dutch during the seventeenth century but there was a localised resurgence in the Arabian Sea and in East Africa during the later part of the period.

The use of the wheel to activate a ship’s rudder via the tiller came into use in the early 1700’s, in England, France and later Venetia. The essential problem was to translate the rotary motion of the ...

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The article describes the attempts of the authors to understand and confirm the sea-faring competency and mobility of the Anglo-Saxons. By researching literary and archeological evidence, the authors ...

The execution of Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt by the German authorities for attempting to ram a German submarine was treated as a war crime. The article demonstrates the different understanding on ...

One of Spain’s treasure shipments was intercepted by an Irish privateer, one of many off the waters of Britain. Letters of marque issued by the Spanish authority in Flanders allowed privateers to ...

Dating back to the late 13th century this wreck lies in 26m of water some 110nm North of Jakarta and 40nm off the Sumatran coast. She displaced around 300 tonnes. Earlier looting had taken place prior ...

This paper discusses the role of the Royal Navy in the acquisition of Weihaiwei in China as a northern naval base for the China Squadron. The decision was made for political motives rather than naval ...

This article sets out the various surgeons who might have been responsible for taking off Nelson’s arm after the battle of Santa Cruz to establish what exactly happened. When Nelson transferred to the ...

King Philip II delayed sending galleys to defend Santo Domingo from pirates, due to instability, corruption, and monetary chaos on the island of Hispaniola. The two galleys finally sent in 1582 soon ...