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A List of the Shipps of Warr belonging to Algiers

As part of my PhD research, I went to the Bodleian Library to look at the Rawlinson Manuscripts, and in particular Samuel Pepys’ papers. I would go for a day, spent 5 or 6 ho[...]

21 Jun 2018

Tag 17th century, Academia, Algiers, Anglo-Dutch Wars Project, Archives, Bodleian, Discuss-A-Doc, Empire, interdisciplinary study, maritime history, Mediterranean, Royal Navy

ADM 8 Database Project Update

After several months of seeming silence on this project, it’s well worth an update on progress and future plans. First, I apologize that there has been radio silence- the tru[...]

14 Jun 2018

Tag 17th century, Academic Practice, ADM 8 Database Project, Digital Humanities, historical practice, interdisciplinary study, maritime history, Restoration, Royal Navy, Samuel McLean

three pirates (two men and a woman) walking along a pier towards the camera

Same-Sex Erotics in Black Sails: Highlighting Hidden Histories

This month’s post will be slightly different from others I have written in the past and will focus on the popular television show Black Sails and not on sea chanteys. I just recen[...]

07 Jun 2018

Tag 17th century, Atlantic World, Black Sails, interdisciplinary study, maritime history, piracy, pirates, Restoration

Discuss-A-Doc: Medieval Binding for Admiralty Documents

In today’s “Discuss-a-Doc” post, I look at what were without-a-doubt the highlight of my research finds during my PhD- the use of medieval vellum in the productio[...]

28 May 2018

Tag 18th century, Archives, Discuss-A-Doc, Kew, maritime history, Material History, Medieval, National Archives, Royal Navy, Samuel McLean

NASOH 2018 Conference Programme

NASOH Annual Conference St. Charles, Mo 20-23 May, 2018 Draft Program Sunday, May 20 3:00 – 5:30 Registration Monday, May 21 8:00 – 12:00 Registration 8:30 – 9:00 Opening remarks 9[...]

21 May 2018

Tag 18th century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Academia, Conference, Conference Programme, LIncoln Paine, Margaret Stack, maritime history, NASOH, United States

British naval aircraft prototypes – Part 1: Blackburn Blackburd

From the earliest days of naval aviation in the UK, aircraft types were developed which, for one reason or another, did not enter service. These ranged from private ventures offere[...]

14 May 2018

Tag 20th Century, First World War, Fleet Air Arm, maritime history, Matt Willis, Royal Navy

ADM 7/202 Regulations and Instructions, 1746

Discuss-a-Doc: Correcting the Regulations and Instructions

The Royal Navy’s Regulations and Instructions were one of its key documents, and were the embodiment of the rationalization of the Royal Navy’s “professional̶[...]

10 May 2018

Tag 17th century, 18th century, Academia, Academic Practice, Admiralty, Digital Humanities, Discuss-A-Doc, historical practice, maritime history, National Archives, Royal Navy, Samuel McLean

Analysis of the False Parts Motif’: The Final Installment in the ‘Blow the Man Down’ Series

In this final blog post deconstructing a version of “Blow the Man Down” located in Gordon’s Inferno Collection, I will focus discussion on the final stanzas of the song where the n[...]

23 Apr 2018

Tag 17th century, 18th century, 19th Century, chanteys, interdisciplinary study, Jessica Floyd, literature, maritime history, sea chanteys

Canadian Nautical Research Society 2018 Conference

Lower Lakes, Upper Lakes: Connecting Maritime Heritage Canadian Nautical Research Society Annual Conference Programme Toronto, 21 June-23 June 2018 Thursday 21 June 2018 0800 Regis[...]

12 Apr 2018

Tag 17th century, 18th century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Canada, Canadian Nautical Research Society, Conference, Empire, Great Lakes, interdisciplinary study, Maritime Archaeology, maritime history, piracy, Royal Navy, Second World War, Tribal Class Destroyers, United States

The Battle of Jutland Animation

Thank you very much to Nicholas Jellicoe for this guest post in our ‘Disciplines and Maritime Studies’ series. In this post, he discusses the process of creating an ani[...]

09 Apr 2018

Tag 20th Century, Admiral Jellicoe, Animation, Battle of Jutland, digital history, First World War, maritime history, Nicholas Jellicoe, Royal Navy, WW1