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.
Great Sea Fights 5: A Tudor Battle, 1512 Part III: How to Recreate a Medieval Sea Battle
In this the third and final part of our special mini Great Sea Fi... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks | Great Sea Fights | Middle Ages | Tudor
Great Sea Fights 5: A Tudor Battle, 1512 Part II: The Contemporary Accounts
In this, Part II of our special episodes on the battle of St Math... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights | Middle Ages | Tudor
Great Sea Fights 5: A Tudor Battle in the Reign of Henry VIII, 10 August, 1512.
In this, the fifth episode of our Great Sea Fights series we expl... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks | Great Sea Fights | Iconic Ships | Middle Ages | Tudor
Maritime Scotland 3: A Blockade Runner from Fife in the American Civil War
This the third episode in our special series on the maritime hist... Read More
Maritime Scotland 2: The Forgotten Shipbuilders of Leith
In this, our second episode dedicated to the remarkable maritime ... Read More
Maritime Scotland 1: The WW2 Midget Submarines of Aberlady Bay
In the latest episode of The Mariner's Mirror Podcast we begin th... Read MoreCategory: Shipwrecks | Engineering | World War 2 | Submarines | Archaeology
The Oldest Canal in Britain? The Exeter Ship Canal
In this episode Dr Sam Willis explores the Exeter Ship Canal whic... Read MoreCategory: Navigation | Engineering | Commerce
Iconic Ships 7: The Billy Ruffian – HMS Bellerophon
Today we have episode 7 of our Iconic Ships mini-series in whichÂ... Read MoreCategory: Iconic Ships
Iconic Ships 6: USS Constitution
Above: USS Constitution underway. Photo Credit: Greg M. Cooper Ph... Read MoreCategory: Historic Ships | Museums | Shipbuilding | Iconic Ships
Iconic Ships 5: HMS Belfast
Today we have episode 5 of our Iconic Ships mini-series in whichÂ... Read MoreCategory: Historic Ships | Museums | Iconic Ships | World War 2
The ‘Sunken Library’: An extraordinary collection of books found in a 17th century shipwreck
In August 2014, a group of amateur divers revisited a known shipw... Read More
Maritime Archives Masterclass
This episode opens up the fascinating world of maritime historica... Read MoreCategory: Research | Shipwrecks | Archives | Steam | Commerce | Shipbuilding | Exploration
The Forgotten Music of the Arctic Whalers
In the 18th and 19th centuries countless whaling ships set sail f... Read More
Iconic Ships 4: The Cutty Sark
The fourth episode in our Iconic Ships series features three memb... Read MoreCategory: Historic Ships | Museums | Commerce | Shipbuilding | Iconic Ships | Clipper Ships
The Lost Fishing Village of Hallsands
In the early years of the twentieth century commercial dredging r... Read MoreCategory: Archaeology | Fishing
Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 Part 3 – The British Accounts
Today we have Part 3 of our special episode on the Battle of Jutl... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights | World War 1
Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 Part 2 – The German Accounts
Today we have Part 2 of our special episode on the Battle of Jutl... Read MoreGreat Sea Fights: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 Part 1: The Events
Today we have for you Part 1 of our special episode on the Battle... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights | World War 1
Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Tsushima, 1905 Part 3 – The Japanese Perspective
The final instalment of our 3-part special on the Battle of Tsush... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights
Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Tsushima, 1905 Part 2 – The Russian Perspective
Part 2 of our 3-part special on the Battle of Tsushima explores t... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights | Steam
Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Tsushima, Part 1 – The Events
The Battle of Tsushima was the decisive naval action between Japa... Read MoreCategory: Great Sea Fights | Steam
The Evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940
On this day in 1940, the British Expeditionary Force and other Al... Read MoreCategory: Amphibious Operations | World War 2
Iconic Ships 3: HMS Hood
A very special episode in our new Iconic Ships series, published ... Read MoreCategory: Iconic Ships
Amphibious Operations
This week Dr Sam Willis speaks with Timothy Heck, the Deputy Dire... Read MoreCategory: Amphibious Operations