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Lascars in the port of London
Discover some of the surprising entries discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital.
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Reviewing the fleet
Material from the printed and manuscript collections of the Caird Library and Archive offers a window to the grand naval spectacles of the past
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A closer look at the Thames lightermen and watermen
In this blog we look at the larger-than-life characters who carried people and goods on London’s river in centuries gone by.
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The log of the prize Pugliese 1809-1810
This blog looks at an illustrated log recently added to the collection of papers from the naval career of Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell. It reveals how a prize crew was shipwrecked and captured on the enemy’s coast during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Lascars and British merchant shipping
For our latest Caird Library and Archive display case we highlight the lives of lascars serving on board British ships, as well as their often precarious situation in Britain.
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What do the James Webb Space Telescope images show?
Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Dr Greg Brown examines the remarkable first photos from the new space telescope
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Falklands conflict oral history: serving on SS Uganda
Liz Ormerod recalls her experiences on board the converted hospital ship Uganda
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From cruise ship to floating hospital – the SS Uganda during the Falklands conflict
Ship's purser Alison Harris shares her memories of the Falklands conflict, and how her ship was transformed into a floating hospital
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The Merchant Navy's role in the Falklands conflict
Seafarers, volunteers and nursing officers share their experiences during the Falklands conflict as part of a National Maritime Museum oral history project
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Sailors, golfers and canaries: peculiar entries from the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital registers
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital.