Maritime

The United States battleship was blown up in an explosion during Cuba's uprising against Spain. What caused the explosion and who was responsible?

In the middle of the Revolutionary Wars, British sailors mounted a large-scale mutiny on 15 April 1797.

Richard Cavendish remembers the events of December 19th, 1796

Simon Smith questions our image of buccaneers as bloodthirsty opportunists claiming they were often highly organised and efficient businessmen in the waters of the Caribbean.

Helen Davidson on a new search into recovering Charles I's treasure boat.

Sir Alan Harris recalls the role of the artificial harbours in securing victory in Europe over the Nazis.

Richard Cavendish discovers that old ships do not just die or fade away, thanks to the Maritime Trust.

Why did the whole of Marshal Petain's fleet go to the bottom of Toulon harbour in November 1942? Anthony Clayton uncovers a tale of amour propre in this 50th anniversary account.

Roger Knight looks at the National Maritime Museum's acquistion of the papers of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

Hearts of oak - but those of the Don, not John Bull. John Harbron argues for a revaluation of the expertise, both of men and materiel, which made Spain a formidable naval foe on the eve of Trafalgar.