I’m doing a presentation for the National Button Society of America and in the process have gone down a rabbit hole in which I’m trying to establish whether the silver sleeve buttons with a Tudor Rose ...

Next week the Society for Nautical Research launches its winter lecture series for this academic year. These online lectures will highlight new and ongoing research being undertaken by members of the ...

The Clyde puffer has won the hearts and minds of many, especially Scots, many of whom are familiar with the stories of Neil Munro, and the television films based on a reincarnation of Para Handy and ...

When the clipper “Thermopylae” completed her positioning voyage from Aberdeen to London, she was dry-docked in October 1868 at the Canal Dry Dock to undertake yellow metaling before loading outwards ...

Maritime History North are back in Hull this March for what promises to be a fascinating day focussing on the important and dangerous business of Fishing. From the early days of the last century to ...

This year commemorates the 110th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Here are our top 10 facts about the Titanic to go with our newly-produced video animating a 3D model of the ship built with the ...

The very comprehensive The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm by Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant (Stapleford 2016) which contains not just squadron/unit histories, but also an extensive listing of ...

In September 1782 one of the worst hurricanes to hit the Atlantic in the eighteenth century caught a British fleet making its way back to England from the Caribbean. The hurricane struck when the ...

Great news that the sunken wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance has at long last been discovered deep in South Antarctica’s Weddell Sea where she has lain for 107 years, and in what an amazing ...

We are delighted to announce that the Society has just launched a podcast – The Mariner’s Mirror Podcast. We have some fantastic partners lined up to work with in the coming months. The podcast is ...

As some may not have seen my reply to Malcolm on the MARHST list, I post it here. Here is a link to ‘A Direct Train of Cordite’ as well. One of the interesting points regarding the loss of the battle ...

I enjoyed a visit to the Mary Rose this week. This was my second visit to the new museum which is spectacular. The exhibits of the thousands of artifacts of this unique Tudor time capsule are ...