In 1961 the so-called ‘ Red Crusader incident’ came close to igniting a cod war between Denmark and Great Britain. In June 1961 the Aberdeen trawler Red Crusader was spotted fishing within the 6-mile ...

In 1974 the Legiao Portuguesa (Portuguese Legion) and all its sections were finally disbanded, leaving its members with a reputation as informers for the regime’s political police. This was not the ...

This article considers the British shipbuilding industry’s record in building container ships under private control then state control through nationalization of the industry under the British ...

Vasa II: Rigging and Sailing a Swedish Warship of 1628, Part I: The material remains and archaeological context makes for arguably the most scrutinizing examination of Vasa published to date. More ...

Alternative medical practitioner Henry Hall Sherwood designed, made and sold electromagnetic drugs and medical electrical machines. The American medical establishment labelled him a ‘quack’. His ...

During the 1870s three naval vessels participated in the study of the Pacific Ocean. In 1873 the Royal Navy’s HMS Challenger departed from Portsmouth, ...

The naval and maritime dimension of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Dnieper river holds immense historical significance for understanding the geopolitical evolution of eastern Europe, ...

Have RN personnel, not RM, ever acted as infantry post WW2? During WW2 the beach master teams were, effectively infantry as they were armed with small arms in an active combat zone. In ‘Biggles breaks ...

Piracy poses a historical problem. Maritime depredation has been a widespread and multidimensional phenomenon, always subject to competing interests and interpretations. What constitutes piracy, both ...

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Prior to c.1535 British naval power was largely an ad hoc affair, with fleets being raised according to prevailing need and then discarded. Henry VIII”s confrontation with the Papacy gave rise to the ...