The Mariner's Mirror Podcast
The world’s No.1 podcast dedicated to all of maritime and naval history. With one foot in the present and one in the past we
bring you the most exciting and interesting current maritime projects worldwide: including excavations of shipwrecks, the restoration of historic ships, sailing classic yachts and tall ships, unprecedented behind the scenes access to exhibitions, museums and archives worldwide, primary sources and accounts that bring the maritime past alive as never before. Presented by Dr Sam Willis, supported by the Lloyds Register Foundation.
The Titanic
Dr Sam Willis speaks with Don Lynch, a historian who has spoken t... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks | Navigation | Steam | Shipbuilding | Iconic Ships | Ocean Liners
The UK’s Historic Ships and HMS Medusa
Dr Sam Willis explores the fascinating history of the UK’s hist... Read More
Pearl Harbor
We explore the extraordinary story of the Japanese attack on Pear... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights | World War 2 | Air Power
Iconic Ships 13: Thermopylae – The Finest All-Round Clipper of Them All?
Clipper Thermopylae (foreground) in company with Cutty Sark ... Read MoreCategory: Archives | Engineering | Commerce | Iconic Ships | Clipper Ships
Iconic Ships 12: HMS Barham
In this, episode 12 of our 'Iconic Ships' series we discover the ... Read MoreCategory: Iconic Ships | World War 2 | Submarines
The Maritime History of Wales 5: The Welsh U-Boat Project 1914-1918
In this our final episode dedicated to the maritime history of Wa... Read MoreCategory: Research | Shipwrecks | Archives | World War 1 | Archaeology | Wales
The Maritime History of Wales 4: Locating Welsh Shipwrecks
In this our fourth episode dedicated to the maritime history of W... Read MoreCategory: Research | Shipwrecks | Archives | Wales
The Maritime History of Wales 3: The Bronze Bell Wreck
In this our third episode on the maritime history of Wales we fin... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks | Archaeology | Wales
The Maritime History of Wales 2: The Newport Medieval Ship
In this, our second episode on the maritime history of Wales, Eir... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks | Archaeology | Middle Ages | Wales
The Maritime History of Wales 1: The Porth Felen Anchor Stock
This is the first episode of our new series about the maritime hi... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks | Navigation | Archaeology | Wales
Coffin Ships and The Plimsoll Line: Safety at Sea
In this episode Dr Sam Willis explores the troubling history of s... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks
Iconic Ships 11: HMS Warrior
In this episode Dr Sam Willis explores HMS Warrior, one of the mo... Read MoreCategory: Historic Ships | Research | Engineering | Iconic Ships | Seapower
The Battle of Trafalgar Special, Part III: HMS Pickle
HMS Pickle - First with News by Gordon Frickers In this, a joi... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights | Iconic Ships
The Battle of Trafalgar Special, Part II: Nelson’s Wounds
Dr Sam Willis explores the many wounds that Nelson received in hi... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights
The Battle of Trafalgar Special, Part I: The Eyewitness Accounts
Dr Sam Willis explores the Battle of Trafalgar through two eyewit... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights
Iconic Ships 10: Ark Royal
Today we are merging this month's theme on airpower with one of o... Read MoreCategory: Iconic Ships | World War 2 | Air Power
How to Drive an Aircraft Carrier
In this, the first of several episodes on the maritime history of... Read MoreCategory: Amphibious Operations | Seapower | Air Power
The Maritime History of World War Two
This week we are exploring the maritime history of the Second Wor... Read MoreCategory: World War 2
Iconic Ships 9: The Mauretania
This video explores the fascinating history of RMS Mauretania, wh... Read MoreCategory: Research | Shipbuilding | Iconic Ships | Ocean Liners
Iconic Ships 8: The SS Great Britain
Dr Sam Willis meets the team at the ss Great Britain in Bristol t... Read MoreCategory: Historic Ships | Exhibitions | Engineering | Steam | Iconic Ships | Archaeology | Ocean Liners
Ships’ Figureheads Revealed
In this episode we explore the fascinating history of ships' figu... Read MoreCategory: Archives | Shipbuilding | Archaeology
Is Britain Still a Global Power?
As a follow up to our recent interview with The First Sea Lord ex... Read More
The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
Dr Sam Willis meets with the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Tony Rad... Read MoreCategory: Seapower
The Sunken Archaeology of Malta and the Virtual Museum ‘Underwater Malta’
The underwater heritage around Malta is one of the richest collec... Read MoreCategory: Museums | Exhibitions | Shipwrecks