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The best of astronomy this month: watch the Moon pass by Jupiter, Mars, Antares and Saturn.
“At sea if you were visited by other sailors and the ship wasn’t in tip top condition you are going to get talked about. It has to be perfect, and the same standards are expected here”
What does a recent auction of a piece of a flag flown on HMS Victory have in common with this recently catalogued Dobbie collection?
The spine labels of The King’s Ships, by H. S. Lecky show that ships from ABOUKIR to JUPITER are included in these volumes, the title page states that this is a six-volume work, and the introduction explains that they contain a ‘history of all those ships which are in the Naval service of the Empire’. So where are the last three volumes?
Look out for a total lunar eclipse, two supermoons, planetary conjunctions, and an array of meteor showers over the coming year.
'Whaleboats represent the integration of specially developed commercial boat technology into the Royal Navy'
Prints held in the National Maritime Museum's collection might not be all they seem.
Kent's archives contain details of many aspects of the county's maritime history including shipwrecks, salvage, smuggling and piracy.
This month, look out for the two supermoons. (Details given are for London and may vary for other parts of the UK).
Elizabeth I gave Shakespeare’s players a logistical nightmare when she double booked them during the busy festive season. But what really happened?