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My latest novel - Clay and the Sublime Porte which is book 12 in my Alexander Clay series Newly returned from South America, Captain Alexander Clay and his men are soon off on a fresh adventure. Trouble is brewing in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the Ottoman Empire is being seduced away from its alliance with Britain. Clay is sent on a mission to Constantinople, a cultural melting pot where…
Book three in my Wolves WW2 U-boat is now out on Audio Book, narrated once more by the wonderful Symon J. Sweet. It is early 1942 and...
I am delighted to announce that book three in my Sea of Wolves WW2 U-boat series has just been published worldwide. The latest book takes...
Ever since the American ship SS Savannah became the first paddle steamer to cross the Atlantic in 1819, there had been a steady growth...
Towards the end of the fifteenth century, European trading ships had developed to the point where they were weatherly enough to embark on...
The longest campaign of the Second World War was one that is frequently overlooked. Unglamorous and lacking in easy-to-grasp decisive...
There were two British Vice-Admirals at the Battle of Trafalgar. One was first to reach the Franco-Spanish line; commanding the division...
Figureheads are magnificent things. Most of the world’s maritime museums boast several ranks of them, in a wide variety of styles, sizes...
HMS Crescent was a 36-gun Flora class frigate launched in 1784. She was one of a new breed armed with a main battery of 18 pounder...
During the age of sail, seamen took great pride in maintaining a distinct appearance from mere landsman. Most refused to cut their hair,...
HMS Victory is probably the most famous warship in the world, thanks to her association with Nelson’s death at Trafalgar and because she...
William Dampier was born near Yeovil in Somerset in 1651. Orphaned as a boy, he was apprenticed to a ship’s captain at 18 and sailed with...
In 1667 the English crown was in trouble. Charles II had only been restored to the throne seven years before and things were going from...
The remains of the British steam ship Thistlegorm is regularly listed amongst the top dive sites in the world. She began life as a cargo...
Marines are soldiers trained to operate on and deploy from warships. In the earliest days of naval warfare there was little distinction...
In June 1779, the Royal Navy frigate Quebec (32) was patrolling off the coast of Brittany when she encountered a small convoy of French...
For most of the age of sail shipbuilding was a conservative affair. Naval architects began life as apprentices, learning their craft from...
Most people asked to think of a pirate will picture someone from the golden age of Caribbean piracy. Blackbeard, Captain Kidd or Anne...
Ask most people to imagine a ship’s navigator at work, and they will usually picture someone poring over a chart. But prior to the major...
When NASA came to name their fleet of space shuttles, they chose to honour five famous ships and a space craft used for scientific...