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In pictures: a new spar for Cutty Sark
An endangered craft, specialist skills and a complex installation: discover how a 32-foot yard was made for Cutty Sark’s mizzen mast
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Making Waves: Cathryn Spain
Meet Senior Harbour Master Cathryn Spain, who oversees navigational safety on the River Thames
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The sinking of HMS Gloucester
Disputes, disaster and destruction: uncover the events that led to the wrecking of the 17th century warship
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Shipwreck, sickness and pirates: the dangers of working for the East India Company
In this blog we uncover some of the stories which our archives can tell us of the dangers of working in the British Empire in the service of the East India Company
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Who were the real pirates of the Caribbean?
While Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films are entirely fictional, there is no doubting that the Caribbean was the centre of piracy in the Golden Age of Piracy.