Archive Results For: Internal Waterways
Note: Peter Boat. Responses
Both Moore and Carr Laughton provide further details of the above boats. In both cases their research reinforces the information provided in MM Volume 1, Issue 4. Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Internal Waterways
Subjects include: Whaling & Fishing
Note: Peter Boat
Carr Laughton describes in detail what he believed to be the last remaining Peter Boat on the Thames. At twenty-three feet in length and nine feet wide such vessels were used for fishing, as evidenced by the fish well at its centre. The one he came across in 1911 was still being used for its […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Internal Waterways
Subjects include: Whaling & Fishing
Note: W Van de Velde
Vaughan expands on the article in MM Volume 1, Issue 1 concerning the work undertaken by the Van der Veldes on Charles II behalf and introduces a new twist. He points out that one Van der Velde was present when the Dutch ‘cut-out’ the Royal Charles and produced a painting of the event. The painting […] Read More
Filed under: Dutch Wars | North Sea | Internal Waterways
Subjects include: Art & Music
Note: The Howland Great Wet Dock
Vaughan provides written evidence that the dock name must have been changed from the above to Greenland dock some time before 1763. Read More
Filed under: Other (Eighteenth C) | Internal Waterways
Subjects include: Harbours & Dockyards