showing 1806 results for “ship”
Story topic
What can shipwrecks tell us?
Time-capsules of their present and windows of our past, shipwrecks can offer new perspectives into life on board
Story topic
Port and starboard
Where 'left' and 'right' could lead to confusion, 'port' and 'starboard' are perfectly clear and unambiguous to a seafarer.
Research guide
Research guide C: Merchant Navy Research Guides
Merchant Navy Research Guides for researching Crew Lists, Masters Certificates and Passenger Lists
Research guide A2: Principal records for maritime research at the National Maritime Museum
This research guide is a brief introduction to the main records held by the National Maritime Museum, which has the most comprehensive maritime library in the world. It contains over 100,000 printed books dating from 1474 to the present day, 20,000 pamphlets, over 8,000 rare books, 4,500 periodicals, 500 current maritime/naval history titles, specialist journals, microforms and a selection of CD-ROMS