New post on our FREE Forum - Plague in the Tudor Navy

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Another for the diary! 4 May. Centre for Maritime Historical Studies Showcase Day.

Maritime risk, pirates, women in maritime, enviromental change...

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This looks great: In Conversation With … Bill Ferris Cbe Dl, Former Chief Executive, Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. 2 May.

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⚓ #OnThisDay in 1926 ⚓

The Swedish coastal passenger and cargo ship, SS Aeolus, was severely damaged by a fire at Stockholm.

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📺 Watch the Aeolus ship model film from @lrfhec:
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Each month we publish a short article about a work of art we have helped to purchase for the collections of Royal Museums Greenwich This month it's a mezzotint of Thomas Cochrane, one of the most important and interesting characters of the sailing navy. snr.org.uk/maritime-art/t…

The rough escape route of David Talbot, who deserted a RN ship in 1814. Account coming soon for our Online Magazine.

📣Maritime Studies Showcase Day 📣

📍University of Exeter

🗓️4th May

In association with Society for Nautical Research and South West Maritime Historical Society

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Each month we publish a short article about a work of art we have helped to purchase for the collections of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

This month it is a line engraving of the Battle of La Hogue in 1692.

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Help Please! We need help transcribing an account of the sinking of the Lusitania by the U-Boat captain responsible...the account is typewritten in English and needs to be put into a word doc...Please get in touch [email protected]

Interesting query on our FREE Forum about gunport spacing. Can you help? 'Were there ever minimum distances between centres for the spacing of gun ports, particularly on British-built ships?....' snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topi…

Fascinating new post on our FREE Forum - on the oldest known use of a boatswain's chair. Can you help? snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topi…

This is HMS Vanguard, a battleship launched in 1944. The only ship of her class and the largest and the most sophisticated battleship ever built for Royal Navy.

She was also the last battleship ever built for the Royal Navy.

Full VT 👉📽️🔗youtu.be/CExPlCkwq-g

⚓ #OnThisDay in 2022 ⚓

The Endurance wreck was found.

It was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.

🔊 Listen to The Mariner's Mirror Podcast episode on the Endurance discovery here:
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#Shackleton #exploration #podcast #history

Upcoming event from the excellent Britannia Naval Research Association. 👍⚓️

We've had an interesting query on our FREE Forum about illustrations of naval hats and swords. Can you help? snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topi…

⚓ #OnThisDay in 1606 ⚓

Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed in Australia.

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#Australia #maritimehistory #exploration #education #dutch #history #podcast

Looking forward to this from the brilliant Navy Records Society

⚓ #OnThisDay in 1864 ⚓

The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley attacked the USS Housatonic at Charleston.

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#submarine #uscivilwar #navalhistory #podcast