Maritime History

At the turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries, with the British Empire encompassing the globe, the Royal Navy indisputably ruled the waves. Times chan...

In this unparalleled investigation that deconstructs the modern hindsight that has tainted Titanics legacy, Allen Gibson presents a comprehensive h...

The remains of the worlds most famous passenger liner, RMS Titanic, were discovered off the coast of Newfoundland in 1985, seventy-three years afte...

Much has been written about Titanic, the British passenger liner that sank on her maiden voyage after a collision with an iceberg in 1912; however,...

An interesting and insightful book exploring the authors efforts to follow in his fathers footsteps and succeed in the tumultuous fishing industry....

This book explores the eight-month wave of mutinies that struck the French infantry and navy in 1919. Based on official records and the testimony o...

In 1988, after years of failed negotiations over the status of the Northwest Passage, Brian Mulroney gave Ronald Reagan a globe, pointed to the Arc...

A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guards official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in Americ...

The history of the lifeboat service in Scotland is one of outstanding bravery and tragedy. Bravery, exemplified in the Gold medal-winning rescues b...

A major new history of the disaster that weaves into the narrative the first-hand accounts of those who survived. It was twenty minutes to midnight...

Sea Devils is a compelling account of pioneer submariners and their astonishing underwater contraptions. Some made perilous voyages. Others sank li...

Founded in 1825 by the 21-year-old George Thompson Jnr, the Aberdeen Line developed over 100 years into one of the best-respected shipping lines in...

In the Age of Sail scurvy was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses, and its cure ranks among the great...

Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discov...

This amusing insight into Cunards legendary liners begins more than fifty years ago when Paul Curtis joined the original Queen Mary as entertainmen...

Seafaring before the twentieth century bristled with peril. The safe haven of your vessel might be destroyed by tempest or misadventure, your secur...

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors ann...

As an instrument of science and navigation the telescope was at the forefront of discovery. Even today it is vital to modern understanding of space...

On December 22, 1853, a new steamship left New York on its maiden voyage. The San Francisco--perhaps the finest ocean-going vessel of its time--...

The Potemkin and Aurora are two ships that bookended the Russian Revolution. The Potemkin, a battleship of the Black Sea Fleet, led the first na...

The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History presents the first such narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written an...

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

There were over 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster and their horrific experience has captivated readers and moviegoers for over 100 years. But w...

For decades, Portland, Maine, was the closest ice-free port to Europe. As such, it was key to the transport of Canadian wheat across the Atlantic, ...

Bluejackets in the Blubber Room explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the ...

The merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the excessive rates for transhipment of goods to M...

On the morning of 22 September 1914, just six weeks into the First World War, three Royal Navy armoured cruisers were sunk by a German U-boat in th...

Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and in...

It has been alleged that pirates and maritime terrorists present a largely common threat to international maritime security. This book drives to th...

This is the story of the unusually long and interesting career of a small Scottish schooner spent primarily in the southern hemisphere. From the co...

Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Op...

Delving deep into Titanics legacy, Allen Gibson presents a comprehensive history with a refreshing argument, that Titanic represented a considerabl...