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 ...

Sources relating to developments in Japanese ship building and maritime practices are sparse before 1600, although evidence does exist in the form of archaeological artefacts, artistic representations ...

A detailed and technical article on the development of ships in the Renaissance period. The author gives examples of sail development, build development ...

A detailed description of the structure and method of operation of the Canadian Naval Control of Shipping (NCS) prior to and during WW2. NCS was responsible for the organization, planning and routing ...

Little has been written about the mundane and dangerous tasks carried out by privateers, particularly those of the Channel Islands. Evidence of the Dobree-Carey Partnership and Accounts has recently ...

The preamble to the 1866 Naval Discipline Act, which incorporates the Articles of War reads: “The Navy whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of the Kingdom ...

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 ...

Although ship design and construction did not change and Charles 1st’s Sovereign of the Seas would not have been out of place at Trafalgar, the seventeenth century marked a major transition in naval ...

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 American Civil War saw the need for many quickly conceived experimental projects in naval warfare. CSS David, a semi-submersible torpedo boat, proved to be an important innovation as it spurred ...

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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 ...