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Diamond Rock: how an uninhabited island became a sloop-of-war
This Caird Library & Archive blog looks at the occupation and brief naval career of Diamond Rock, one of the Royal Navy’s first stone frigates
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Art in focus: inside the ship’s cabin
Discover how a little-known painting changed the face of naval portraiture
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Lone women and the Royal Navy
The Caird Library & Archive’s new display case highlights first-hand accounts of women’s experiences and contributions to the nineteenth-century Royal Navy
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Shipwreck survivors and caisson sickness: stories 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.
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A ghost of Christmas repast
This blog looks at two very different accounts of a Christmas meal - that of a Scottish man emigrating to Australia in 1879 and of a young Admiral, Sir George James Perceval, 6th Earl of Egmont, in 1806
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Inspiring architecture at the Queen's House
Refined, stylish, revolutionary – the white cube of the Queen's House influenced centuries of British architecture
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Messages from our Ocean: Art from World Oceans Day Climate Session
See work produced by Rathfern Primary School as part of World Oceans Day 2022
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Meet the team: Lucian – the apprentice
Discover how a major conservation project at Cutty Sark is providing an invaluable opportunity for apprentice shipwright Lucian