To lose a ship once, as Wilde nearly suggested, may be regarded as misfortune. To lose the same ship twice begins to look like carelessness…
Ships of Note: SS Daphne
Clyde-built SS Daphne had a fine career. For the first five seconds or so.
Learning to Sail: Incompetent Crew
My lack of practical experience was becoming increasingly embarrassing, so I decided to do something about it with an RYA Competent Crew course…
Artiglio: Careful as you go now
In 1930 the Artiglio was the world’s most modern salvage ship. And its latest job was about to go with a bang…
Getting to the point
The ram: a damn old ding dong
Ships of Note: What the FLIP?
Admiral Tryon made ships do this too. Accidentally, in his case…
Ukraine: Back to the Future
All that’s old is new again. And this time it has a French accent…
In defence of the K-Class…
Steam-powered submarines are such an obviously stupid idea that only an idiot would build them. Right?
Ships of Note: The Swinging Saloon
Oasis suggested that you gotta roll with it. Not if Sir Henry Bessemer had anything to do with it…
The enduring beauty of French predreadnoughts
In the early 1890s the French navy had a problem, and as usual only half of it was across the English Channel…