The use of the wheel to activate a ship’s rudder via the tiller came into use in the early 1700’s, in England, France and later Venetia. The essential problem was to translate the rotary motion of the ...

On 10 June 1825 an act was commissioned permitting the building and maintenance of a railway or tramroad for the passage of wagons from Llangynwyd to a bay called Porthcawl in South Wales. Alongside ...

The article describes the attempts of the authors to understand and confirm the sea-faring competency and mobility of the Anglo-Saxons. By researching literary and archeological evidence, the authors ...

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This paper discusses the role of the Royal Navy in the acquisition of Weihaiwei in China as a northern naval base for the China Squadron. The decision was made for political motives rather than naval ...

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The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research keeping you up to date with all society news, short research articles, headlines from the world of maritime research and heritage, ...

The article lists the attendees but does not give details of the lecture beyond thanking J. P. Bowen for a very informative presentation on the workings of Corporation of Trinity House. However, a ...

King Philip II delayed sending galleys to defend Santo Domingo from pirates, due to instability, corruption, and monetary chaos on the island of Hispaniola. The two galleys finally sent in 1582 soon ...

This provides a detailed chronological account of how the Royalists and Parliament used their individual navies during the English Civil War to respectively facilitate or thwart Royalist attempts to ...

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