I have recently finished reading the biography of Sir Max Horton and I was wondering where his personal papers may be found. The three Captains of the Submarine Flotillas in the Mediterranean often ...

MHN return to Hartlepool to the wonderful National Museum of the Royal Navy, Historic Ships with a conference focussing on ...

The Mariner’s Mirror is the international journal of the Society for Nautical Research. It has been published since 1911 and is recognized as the world’s leading journal of naval and maritime history.

Working in partnership with The Borthwick Institute for Archives (University of York, England), the tailors Henry Poole & Co ...

This painting is part of the extraordinary collection of early Netherlandish marine paintings collected by Captain Eric Palmer and purchased in 1963 with the assistance of the Society from his widow.

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 teenager called David Henry White who comes from ...

Throughout the Second World War, collier ships took coal to London from north-east ports. From the outset, the masters of these ships had to learn the skills of sailing in convoy with the additional ...

I will let others correct me but my understanding was that HMS came into use around 1790, I have found references to HMS Phoenix being the first use in 1789. Prior to that it was usually written “His ...

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 ...