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Captain Bell and the River Plate
This month we take a look into Archive and Library item MSS/75/130/2 concerning Captain Frederick Secker Bell (1897-1973). Bell was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges at Dartmouth, Osborne, Isle of Wight and the Royal Navy Staff College at Greenwich. He served on board the battleship HMS Canada at the battle of Jutland in 1916, received his Captaincy in December 1938 and took command of HMS Exeter a month prior to the declaration of war on September 3 1939.
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What can shipwrecks tell us?
Time-capsules of their present and windows of our past, shipwrecks can offer new perspectives into life on board
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What's it like to camp in Antarctica?
Find out what it's like to live and work in the Antarctic with British Antarctic Survey scientist Joanne Johnson
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RRS Sir David Attenborough: inside the UK's new polar research ship
Learn more about one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world
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Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Gallery: Polar Worlds
Science, exploration and life in extreme environments - visit the Polar Worlds gallery at the National Maritime Museum
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History of Antarctic explorers
From first sighting to reaching the South Pole, discover the history of exploring Antarctica
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Who were Anne Bonny and Mary Read?
What do we really know about the notorious pirate duo, and how have later accounts shaped our perception of female pirates?
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship: Henrietta Maria’s court performances
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship: Henrietta Maria’s court performances
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Who was Mary Prince?
Historian Stella Dadzie gives an insight into the life of the abolitionist and author