Archive Results For: Shipwrecks
How Large Was Mars? An investigation of the dimensions of a legendary Swedish warship, 1563–1564
The Swedish warship Mars was considered to have been one of the largest ships in the world when it exploded and sank in 1564. The problem is that no written accounts clearly reveal its dimensions. This article reviews how different researchers have discussed the size of Mars in the past. It also aims to shed new light on this […] Read More
Filed under: Baltic | Other (Early Modern) | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Archaeology | Shipbuilding & Design
‘We Almost Gave Ourselves Up for Lost That Night’: Alfred Costello’s account of the shipwreck of the Elizabeth, 1852
The merchant mariner Alfred Costello recorded an account of the shipwreck of the barque Elizabeth on the Andaman Islands in 1852. His account provides an insight into the challenges faced by the crew culminating in a 300-mile journey from the Andaman Islands to Burma (Myanmar). Only Costello and the ship’s captain survived to return to England. Costello’s […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Eighteenth C) | Indian Ocean | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Miscellaneous | Ship Handling & Seamanship
The Operational Impact of the Loss of HMS Paragon in the Straits of Dover, 17 March 1917
In early 1917, the torpedo boat destroyer HMS Paragon was part of the Dover Patrol, then subject to repeated raids by German destroyers. Its history is normally consigned to a few, often inaccurate, short sentences, in which it is implied that it had an almost supine role in the action in which it was lost. This article […] Read More
Filed under: WW1 | English Channel | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Navies
The Battle of Jutland’s Heritage Under Threat: Commercial salvage on the shipwrecks as observed 2000 to 2016
This paper presents the most recent ndings up to August 2016 of the extent to which the shipwrecks from the battle of Jutland have been exposed to salvage for metals. Commercial salvage of the wrecks is not new and archival research has traced salvage activity as far back as 1960. However over the last 15 […] Read More
Filed under: North Sea | Other (Twentieth C) | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Miscellaneous | Navies
Note: The Wreck of the ‘Apostle’ San Bartolomé (1597)
The location of this Spanish wreck dating from 1597 has been disputed, but documentary evidence reconstructs the events which led to its loss. Read More
Filed under: Atlantic | Tudors | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Navies
Note: The Wreck of the ‘Apostle’ San Bartolomé (1597)
An examination of the possible sites of the wreck of the post-Armada San Bartolomé and its eventual location at Mundaka Read More
Filed under: Atlantic | Other (Early Modern) | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Navies
Note: The Figurehead/Badge of the Mary Rose 1510–45
The history of the Mary Rose and its figurehead, with detailed explanations of its design and purpose. Read More
Filed under: Tudors | English Channel | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Ship Models & Figureheads
Fact and fiction: What happened at Pabellon de Pica and Huanillos on 9 May 1877?
A careful unpicking of the fact and fiction behind the ‘eyewitness’ account of the tsunami. Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Shipwrecks | Pacific
Subjects include: Manpower & Life at Sea
Note: Fact and Fiction: What happened at Pabellón de Pica and Huanillos on 9 May 1877?
The striking eyewitness accounts of shipwreck are examined and the truth separated from the very good story. Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Shipwrecks | Pacific
Subjects include: Manpower & Life at Sea | Merchant Marines | Ship Handling & Seamanship
Document: ‘I was at the helm when Preussen ran aground’
This newly translated memoir is a detailed first-hand account of the demise of the Preussen beneath the chalk cliffs of Dover. Read More
Filed under: English Channel | Other (Twentieth C) | Shipwrecks
Subjects include: Merchant Marines