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 ...

The first dock constructed in the United Kingdom was the Howland Great Wet Dock at Rotherhithe, built sometime before 1703 when it was first recorded as being in use. Shown in the accompanying ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Vernon C. Boyle, the renowned maritime artist and scholar, died in June 1954. He was a leading authority on the history of the ships and harbours of north Devon and produced numerous notes and ...

The Nancy was an American vessel ostensibly engaged in trade between Baltimore and Curacao when she was hailed by a Royal Navy cutter, the Sparrow, in August 1799. Papers thrown overboard by the Nancy ...

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 ...

The differences between the civil day (midnight to midnight), astronomical day (from noon to noon with yesterday’s date), and nautical day (noon to noon with tomorrow’s date) are discussed and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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