30 Mar 2023
Navigating My Sea: A Community Art Project For Women
A community art project for women, a creative journey of reflection, discovery & sharing
28 Mar 2023
Promoting British prowess at sea: records of The Navy League
This blog introduces a recently catalogued archive covering the activities of The Navy League, later The Sea Cadet Association, over a period of 100 years, from 1894 to 1994
14 Mar 2023
In aid of those left behind
In this blog we look at some examples of the various and evolving sources of financial aid for the dependants of naval seamen who died in service, from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, using documents found in three small manuscript collections of naval seamen
08 Mar 2023
A curious kind of button, more wartime casualties and miscreants in the neighbourhood
Some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital.
08 Mar 2023
The Greenwich Time Lady: Ruth Belville
Discover the story behind the media sensation Ruth Belville, who brought the correct time from the Royal Observatory to London for almost 50 years.
15 Feb 2023
A bird’s eye view of Georgian London: John Rocque's maps
In this blog we look at cartographer John Rocque's An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, ‘the outstanding plan of the capital in the eighteenth century’
06 Feb 2023
Smallpox epidemics, long-stay patients and military casualties
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital.