Author: Campbell McCutcheon

Bradshaws Guide of 1863 was the staple book on whats what and wheres where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight i...

The biggest shipping loss of both world wars was the hospital ship Britannic, at almost 50,000 tons. Supposedly safe to travel the seas, many hospi...

Two weeks before Dunkirk, Anthony Eden, Minister of War, announced to the nation on BBC radio his concept of a Local Defence Volunteer force. The G...

In 1908, the White Star Line announced it was constructing a pair of sister ships at the Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast. The new behemoths wou...

Bradshaws Guide of 1863 was the staple book to whats what and wheres where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight i...

Bradshaws Guide of 1863 was the staple book on whats what and wheres where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight i...

The islands surrounding Scapa Flow made one of Britain's best natural harbours, while the location at the north of Scotland protected the approache...

Ubiquitous in ever supermarket and corner shop, it is hard to imagine a world without bananas. But it was once so! Britains love affair with the hu...

1943 saw the Allies on the offensive, with victories in North Africa followed by the invasion of Sicily and landings in Italy establishing a footho...

On the night of 14/15 April 1912, the Titanic, on her maiden voyage, sailed into history. Ramming an iceberg at speed, many of those aboard drowned...