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Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

Mariner, Naval Officer, Nautical Historian, Author, Teacher

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Book Review: Glorious Misadventures: Nicolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America.

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

Nicolai Rezanov was a minor Russian aristocrat in the time of Catherine the Great and the Tsars Paul and Alexander I. (He was born in 1764). Like others of his class, he competed for honours and preferment at the court … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, The Age of Sail | Tagged Junona i Avos, Krusenstern, Nicolai Rezanov, Russia

The S. S. St. Pierre: Portrait of a forgotten coastal steamer

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

At an Antique Dealers’ Fair in a small Nova Scotia town I came across a rather dark picture of a nineteenth century coastal passenger steamer with auxiliary rig. The dealer said it had been found in an attic at Osborne … Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Century Steamers, Marine Art | Tagged Anglo-French Steamship Company, folk art, Lockeport, S.S. St. Pierre, ship paintings, steamer, steamship, The British Colonist, Yarmouth

Book Review: Figureheads of the Royal Navy

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
Figureheads of the Royal Navy book cover

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 →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged David Pulvertaft, figureheads, Royal Navy

Book Review: Warships of the Napoleonic Era: Design, Development and Deployment

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

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 →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged 17th century, 18th century, Admiralty, Napoleonic wars, National Maritime Museum, Revolutionary War, Robert Gardiner, Royal Navy, The Age of Sail, Trafalgar, Victory, warships

Book Review: Two Books about the Marine Art of John Ward and Kenneth Shoesmith

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

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 →

Posted in Book Reviews, Marine Art, The Age of Sail | Tagged John Ward, Kenneth Shoesmith, marine art, ship paintings

Book Review: British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 book cover

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 →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged Alexender Kent, Beaugean, Bolitho, British Navy, British warships, C.S. Forester, Jack Aubrey, Napoleonic wars, Patrick O'Brian, Rif Winfield, Royal Navy, The Age of Sail

The Canadian Coast Guard 1962-2002 (Auxilio Semper)

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

As a maritime nation Canada has supported marine services since colonial times to safeguard its waterways. The present Coast Guard established in 1962 grew out of the need for a national maritime organization to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure marine safety … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Canadian Coast Guard | Tagged Canadian Coast Guard, Charles Maginley, La Garde côtière canadienne de 1962 à 2002 (Auxilio Semper)

The Ships of Canada’s Marine Services

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

This is an illustrated record of the historical and hard-working ships that have shaped our history and our maritime heritage, current to the year 2001. The ships included belong to the Canadian Coast Guard and its predecessors, to the Customs … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Canadian Coast Guard

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