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Wanted to celebrate Cape St Vincent Day but had no blog post about that famous battle. Instead, I present the Battle of Tenerife featuring Nelson, not at his best. Warning: contains little actual history.
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2020-02-14

In 1795, Admiral William Cornwallis was in as much trouble as his brother had been at Yorktown the previous decade, but this time a clever ruse saved the day.

Learn more in my blog this week
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2020-02-03

HMS Attainder the sister ship to the now complete HMS Henry VII shown in last tweet as unnamed ship.

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2020-01-20

HMS Pomone, a 38-gun Leda-class frigate, built for the Royal Navy in 1805, and wrecked in 1811 while attempting to pass the Needles at night on her way to Portsmouth.

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2019-12-17

Captain John Macbride, renowned captain in the Age of Fighting Sail scored successes against both French and Dutch Privateers in 1780-81 while commanding HMS Bienfaisant & HMS Artois. Click: https://t.co/2Tv8uYVcnY

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2019-11-22

HMS Wager rounding the Horn, by Geoff Hunt. Wager was one of Anson’s squadron during his 1741 circumnavigation, but became separated from the others and was wrecked on the coast of Chile. The survivors’ tale is one of mutiny, murder and endurance.

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2019-10-11

Fireships on the Hudson by Geoff Hunt – Showing the American night attack made on the ships Phoenix and Rose in August 1776. The age of sail feared fire above all else. Both narrowly escaped serious damage, but were forced to withdraw.

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2019-09-26

For our autumn publishing program we are particularly on the look out for new material relating to the in the and Please help and spread the word!

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2019-09-16

For our autumn publishing program we are particularly on the look out for new material relating to the in the and Please help and spread the word!

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2019-08-29

Sword du jour

A Royal Navy sword with a magnificent S-bar hilt.
A similar one can be seen at the feet of the dying Lt. Nevile here. Fatally wounded at the 'Glorious first of June'. https://t.co/vttvj1LZit



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2019-08-15

Very proud of our Royal Navy right now.

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2019-07-12

Ville De Paris. Watercolour by Derek G. M. Gardner.

110 gun first-rate, launched in Chatham in 1795, she was named after the French flagship captured at the Battle of the Saints. She briefly features in my 4th novel, A Man of No Country

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2019-07-05

Early dreadnought HMS Superb on the Tyne, emerging like a dragon from its lair

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2019-06-26

Crossing of the Line Ceremony by Henry Heath

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2019-06-25

Battle of Chesme 1770 by I Aivazovsky. Poor Turkish munitions handling and Russian fire ships led to fire spreading through their ships. John Elphinstone, a British RN adviser to the Russians commanded part of the fleet and played a leading role.

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2019-06-13

For almost five years 1807-1812, Russia was allied to Napoleon & an enemy of Britain. But the Royal Navy was aggressively active in the Baltic against Russian forces, no ship more daring than HMS Implacable. Click: https://t.co/iZYJl6PeqX

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2019-05-26

«Dawn Suspect, Revenue Cutter 'Kite' Chasing a Smuggler» by British artist Montague Dawson

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2019-05-24

«Presa en Gibraltar / Capture off Gibraltar» by Catalan artist Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau

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2019-05-21