Quick question. The attached drawing of the Vulture (from our local historical society archives) shows Vulture to be 3 masted. Yet I’ve seen references to Vulture being of the “Swan sloop” class.

I am researching James Montgomery, whose 25 August, 1697 Will (proved 24 December, 1697 in Richmond, County of Surrey, England) referred to him as “James Montgomery, of James River in Nantzimum [a/k/a ...

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The public announcement of the finding of the Gloucester shipwreck in June 2022 off North Norfolk, originally lost in May 1682, has attracted both national and international attention. This paper ...

This is the extraordinary history of a single ship – a Baltimore clipper. Once she was the Henriqueta, a slave ship; but subsequently she became the Black Joke, a hunter of slave ships. In her former ...

escape helpers, environmental disruptors or repositories of knowledge. One thing is certain: without ships, our world would be different. Because ships move people and goods, ideologies and ...

This episode presents an astonishing and tragic story from the American Civil War with great relevance to the present day. It’s the story of a black boy called David Henry White who comes from ...

Sorry I am so late to this interesting discussion thread about leagers / leaguers but I may have something to add and I’d welcome thoughts as there are things here that I just don’t understand. For ...

Watch the 2021 Awards Ceremony, filmed at Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Find out who this year’s winners are for the National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition, Marsh Volunteer, ...

Each year the Society holds its AGM on board HMS Victory with a dinner held on the Lower Gundeck. Tickets for this year’s celebration are now available for Members to purchase in the Member’s Section ...

Ticket prices (including Conference Fee, tea/coffee and sit-down lunch) are as follows: Students (upon production of proof of full time education) , £30 Full members of the sponsoring organisations: ...

This engraving represents an important event during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Two British privateers, the Duke (20) and Prince Frederick (28) attacked a small squadron of three ...