Apple's decision to manufacture iPhones in India aims at diversifying away from China...
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Published on: 2023-06-02
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BORDEAUX, FRANCE—According to a statement released by De Gruyter, an analysis of shell beads found at the Kaylu rock shelter, which is located on the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea, suggests that people may have taken maritime voyages some 11,500 years ago. Archaeological evidences shows that the rock shelter...
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Published on: 2023-06-01
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HAINAN PROVINCE, CHINA—The Guardian reports that two shipwrecks dated to the Ming Dynasty have been discovered nearly 5,000 feet underwater and about 12 miles apart in the South China Sea. One vessel had been leaving China, while the other had been returning, indicating that they had been traveling along a...
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Published on: 2023-05-30
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Archaeologists begin excavation of two 500-year-old vessels filled with porcelain and timberTwo 500-year-old shipwrecks in the South China Sea, filled with Ming-era porcelain and stacked timber, provide significant clues about the maritime Silk Road trade routes, Chinese archaeologists have said.The two shipwrecks were discovered in October, and cultural and archaeological...
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Published on: 2023-05-24
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The post Henrietta Vansittart : A Pioneer In Naval Engineering appeared first on Maritime Archaeology Trust....
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Published on: 2023-05-18
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2023 Conference - Information Coming Soon 18th - 19th November 20232 (extra events on 17th and 20th) #ArchConf23 ----- 2022 Conference - Sea Change: Human and Climate Influences on our Maritime Past 19th - 20th November 2022 (extra events on 18th and 21st) #SeaChange22 #ArchConf22 - @SeaChange2022 on Twitter The Nautical...
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Published on: 2023-05-16
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WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? The Bite-Sized Training for All project will provide free online interactive training for current and prospective Protected Wreck Licensees to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Protection of Wrecks Act (1973). This will encourage increased interaction, improved monitoring and streamlined management of Protected Wrecks whilst reaching...
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Published on: 2023-05-16
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27th January 2023 A previously unknown Protected Wreck off the coast of Sussex has now been identified as the 17th century Dutch warship Klein Hollandia. Built in 1656 and owned by the Admiralty of Rotterdam, the ship was involved in all major battles in the Second Anglo-Dutch war (1665-1667) before...
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Published on: 2023-05-15
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Holland No.5 submarine - a remarkable piece of our naval heritage. She was the first submarine to actually be commissioned in the Royal Navy, on the 19th January 1903 at the same time as Holland No.3. At this time the Holland's No.1, 2 and 4 were still being reworked. The...
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Published on: 2023-05-15
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Published on: 2023-04-19
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Published on: 2023-04-05
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Published on: 2023-03-16
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Published on: 2023-02-20
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Book Review: ‘From War to Peace: The conversion of naval vessels after two World Wars’ by N. Robbins
As a young man this reviewer lived in Pennsylvania in the eastern United States and canoeing was his hobby. As time went on the rivers of Appalachia became familiar and so he searched farther afield for new adventures. One such location was Mallows Bay on the banks of the Potomac...
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Published on: 2023-02-15
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Paul Kennedy’s books are always worth reading and this volume is no exception. It offers both a compelling narrative of the Second World War at sea and a thought-provoking interpretation. It is also richly illustrated with maps, charts and beautiful nautical paintings by the late Ian Marshall… Read More The...
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Published on: 2023-02-15
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The preface to this book puts the author’s research and writing, which he commenced in 1978, into context, including why it has taken so long to reach fruition. Chris Baker has at last seen his work through to print and in so doing added to the history of the battleship’s...
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Published on: 2023-02-15
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Now in his mid-90s, Bernard Edwards is a prolific author with over 30 titles to his name, mainly focused on the experience of the Merchant Navy in the Second World War. Born in Newport in Wales in 1926 he went to sea as a merchant navy cadet in 1944 and...
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Published on: 2023-02-14
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Much has been written about the more well-known Liberty class of Second World War mass-produced merchant ships, built in the United States under the then United States Government’s Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Effectively the design predecessor to the Liberties, the 60-ship Ocean class, built between October 1941 and November 1942 has...
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Published on: 2023-02-14
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It is often said that good things come in small packages, and in the case of Tsushima by Professor Rotem Kowner this is the literal truth. The battle of Tsushima, fought on 27 May 1905 was the last great naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It saw the final defeat...
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Published on: 2023-02-14
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This is the first book published from the Spanish side on the Intelligence operations of the Spanish–American War of 1898. To date, there have been works from the North American side, but none quite like that by Juan Escrigas, a sailor and a historian. Captain Escrigas is also a corresponding...
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Published on: 2023-02-14
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This generously scaled and thoroughly researched text by a fellow naval architect examines the life and career of John Lenthall 1807–82, a naval architect, chief constructor and latterly director of the United States Navy’s Bureau of Construction and Repair. Born in Washington DC to English immigrant parents, Lenthall’s architect father...
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Published on: 2023-02-14
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The eighteenth-century British navy is one of the most studied subjects in maritime and naval history. The scholarly focuses are now branched out quite widely, and span the history of naval officers on board, sailors’ life, command structure, and the management of naval offices at home. Brian Lavery attempts to...
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Published on: 2023-02-14
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This book poses some important questions: how the English became a seafaring nation, expanding the cultural, commercial, and strategic parameters of ‘Englishness’, and what that meant for the Englishmen who took up ocean going work on ships of trade, piracy, and war. Beyond the statistics of voyages, men employed, trade...
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Published on: 2023-02-14
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Published on: 2023-01-17
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Published on: 2022-12-19
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Published on: 2022-11-29
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Published on: 2022-11-29
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Published on: 2022-11-09
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The museum shop now has in stock, a fun and, unique range of Christmas ornaments for sale. All sales proceeds from the gift-shop go towards the upkeep of the museum....
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Published on: 2022-11-08
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