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The Making of Mr George Thomas RN, Admiralty Surveyor for Home Waters from 1810
George Thomas, the first naval hydrographic surveyor continuously employed in the nineteenth century, was highly regarded by the three Admiralty hydrographers under whom he served until 1846. An earlier account of his humble origins and youthful adventures, based on the recollections of his clerk, is supported only in part by contemporary records. This recent investigation […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Biography | Science & Exploration
The Colour Schemes of British Warship Figureheads 1727–1900
Between the mid-eighteenth century and 1900 almost all the figureheads on British warships were carved in the likeness of an individual man, woman, beast or bird, each of which was intended to represented the name of the ship. Of those that have survived, the vast majority are painted in full colour, suggesting that this was […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Other (Eighteenth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Ship Models & Figureheads
A Model of the Royal Yacht Henrietta about 1679: Description and identification
This paper presents a model of a royal yacht in the Portland Collection whose existence has, despite having been included in a published nineteenth-century catalogue, remained unrecognized for over 300 years. It is the first Navy Board style yacht model to come into the public domain for nearly a century. It is the first yacht […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Early Modern) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Ship Models & Figureheads
State Formation and the Private Economy: Dutch prisoners of war in England, 1652–1674
The sea battles of the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-seventeenth century generated large numbers of prisoners of war. Their incarceration and subsequent repatriation were the responsibility of a succession of appointed bodies, under Cromwell and subsequently under Charles II. Captives were incarcerated in prisons throughout southern England. Once these were full it became necessary to […] Read More
Filed under: Dutch Wars | Other (location)
Subjects include: Administration | Miscellaneous
Seadogs and their Parrots: The reality of ‘Pretty Polly’
The relationship between sailors and tropical birds is often ignored because of its association with swashbuckling pirates and their winged sidekicks. Links to pirates in popular culture such as Treasure Island’s Long John Silver and Captain Flint have led to many misconceptions about the social functions of avian pets in the seafaring community. The transportation […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Other (Eighteenth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Manpower & Life at Sea | Merchant Marines | Science & Exploration
Obituary: Ray Ernest Sutcliffe (1940-2018)
The wide and varied interests of a pioneer of the filming of maritime archaeology. Read More
Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Biography
Obituary: Lewis Ross Fischer (1946-2018)
The considerable contribution to maritime history. Read More
Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Biography
Note: The Early life of Thomas Luny, Marine Artist
While speculation must surround the early life of Thomas Luny, he appears to have had maritime connections through his father, a merchant ship’s captain who traded with Jamaica. His connections with Shadwell and other maritime districts of London are also clear. Read More
Filed under: Other (Early Modern) | Other (Eighteenth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Art & Music | Biography
Notes from a Published Treatise in an Ordinary Eighteenth centuryShipwright’s Journal
An interesting copy of a treatise on the proportions used in ship building, the result of years of experience. The sources of the information are explored. Read More
Filed under: Other (Eighteenth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Shipbuilding & Design
An Anatomy of Speculative Failure: Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, and the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company of Howdon on Tyne, 1919–1945
This article investigates the impact and consequences of speculative capital-gaining ownership of several UK shipbuilding firms after 1918, with emphasis on the Sperling Combine’s Northumberland Shipbuilding Company of Howdon on Tyne and its acquisition in 1919 of the Wear shipbuilders and marine engine builders, Wm Doxford and Sons Ltd. The Sperling Combine’s modus operandi was […] Read More
Filed under: Interwar | Other (location)
Subjects include: Merchant Marines | Shipbuilding & Design