Tag: Maritime Records and researchThe Colonial Office vs the Daily Telegraph: The case of Dominican stowawaysMonday 20 June 2022February 26th 1960 was a seemingly innocuous day in the annals of British colonial history....Records and researchThe burning of HMS GaspeeThursday 9 June 2022On the afternoon of 9 June 1772, the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee ran...Records and researchThe King, the Queen, the Ambassador and the PiratesFriday 6 May 2022There’s buried treasure in the dry sands of SP 32 – State Papers William...Records and researchIntroducing the Printed Prize Appeals: Selected examples from HCA 45Tuesday 22 February 2022In the days when wooden ships could be taken by (threat of) force, without...Records and researchThe Right of WreckMonday 31 January 2022Countless lives, ships and cargo have been lost along the Cornish coastline. ‘Wrecking’ –...Records and researchConnecting the enslaved at Cape Coast Castle to Royal Navy Captains’ letters 1793-1815Wednesday 24 November 2021I started volunteering at The National Archives in September 2018 as part of an...Records and researchPlague Ahoy! Maritime quarantine in the 18th centuryThursday 28 October 2021On 23 August 1720 at the Council Chamber in Whitehall, the Privy Council issued...Records and researchWar at Sea: Privateers and Prize PapersTuesday 14 April 2020When I think of war at sea, my mind turns to images of Trafalgar...Records and researchA rough deal for Captain KiddTuesday 3 March 2020In 1695, William Kidd concocted a plan to travel to London to acquire a royal...Records and researchBlue skies and warmer climes: A journey into the ADM 344 seriesThursday 20 February 2020It is human nature at this time of year, when seemingly under an unbroken...Archives and archivists‘By Sea, By Land’: Royal Marine attestation and discharge recordsThursday 13 June 2019With the help of volunteers, to whom we are extremely grateful, The National Archives...Records and researchThe Medway Raid and 17th century maritime warfareThursday 22 June 2017The Medway Raid was the final and decisive major operation of the Second Anglo-Dutch... 1 2 »
