Tag: Navy Records and researchTracing merchant seamen in the 19th centuryTuesday 17 September 2024Thanks to our offsite volunteers it's now easier to research 19th century life at...Records and researchCaviar is for battleships: Intelligence and the late Victorian Royal NavyMonday 16 April 2018Special codes, wiretapping, and secret communication devices disguised as flag poles: this all sounds...Records and research100 years since the sinking of HMHS Glenart CastleMonday 26 February 2018Monday 26 February marks the centenary of the sinking of HM Hospital Ship Glenart...Records and researchDomestic duties only? WRNS and the First World WarWednesday 29 November 2017The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was founded in November 1917. The intention was...Records and researchBunga bunga! The great Edwardian Dreadnought hoaxMonday 16 October 2017On the late afternoon of 7 February 1910, four men in long robes, accompanied by...Records and researchFlying in the face of technology?Monday 19 December 2016I was surprised to find a file hiding in the Admiralty records showing the...Records and researchThe Battle of the Seine: Henry V’s unknown naval triumphTuesday 9 August 2016On 15 August 1416, a fleet of English ships defeated a Franco-Genoese naval force...Records and researchNaval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914Monday 8 December 2014Although the Royal Navy had a large number of ships at the outbreak of...Records and researchResearching the First World War through personal objectsTuesday 11 November 2014Although all of the service personnel who saw operational service between 4 August 1914...Records and researchThe court martial of Rear-Admiral TroubridgeWednesday 5 November 2014From 5-9 November 1914, Rear-Admiral Ernest Charles Troubridge stood trial for: ‘from negligence or...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: Prize PapersTuesday 28 October 2014Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display related to the High Court of Admiralty Prize...Archives and archivistsThe ‘live bait squadron’Monday 22 September 2014In the space of little over an hour on the morning of 22 September 1914,... 1 2 »