Warspite – the Last of the Line
There have been Royal Navy vessels called Warspite since the time of the Tudors. Sir Walter Raleigh commanded the first ship of that...
Mail at Sea
By the end of the 18th century, the British Isles enjoyed one of the most efficient postal services in the world. Purpose-built mail...
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman was born in 1603 in a small village in rural Holland. Little is known about his early life, but this was a time when his...
The Raid on Santander
Napoleon Bonaparte was a military genius whose downfall came from two catastrophic errors of judgement. One, his decision to invade...
Boarding
Boarding is when the crew of a ship attempt to capture another by forcing their way onboard. For much of naval history it has been the...
Around the World with Woodes Rogers
In 1711, three worn-out ships limped up the river Thames and dropped anchor on the edge of London. Their patched sails and stained...