Since the early years of the seventeenth century, figureheads have been a nearly universal feature of all except the smallest sailing warships and merchant ships. That includes ships built of iron and steel: any Tall Ship built today can be … Continue reading →
This is not an account of Canadian or American fishing on the Grand Banks but of the enterprise of the fishermen of many countries that crossed the oceans to fish in the once teeming waters of our continental shelf. The … Continue reading →
It would seem that a great many books on the age of fighting sail have been published during the last two decades. Lavery, Winfield and others may be thought to have covered the subject, but now we have this large … Continue reading →
This is a remarkable yet infuriating book: magnificent in concept, yet full of mostly avoidable minor errors, many of which especially offend the seaman’s ear. The author has published very significant books in the past (Krakatoa, The Professor and the … Continue reading →
John Ward and Kenneth Shoesmith were marine artists who lived nearly a century apart and who illustrated very different types of ship, yet they had much in common. Both came from comparatively humble origins, both were successful and both died … Continue reading →
In the last two decades, the British Navy has become quite a growth industry for academics, researchers, military analysts, ship enthusiasts and writers of stirring salt-water fiction. The Royal Navy may nowadays be in the second class as far as … Continue reading →
