The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The mode
These abuses had become so flagrant that during the latter part of the 17th century the government at Madrid determined that something must be done to remedy this state of affairs, and it was decided that all occupants of royal lands, and all persons claiming lands on their own account shoul...
” the last day on which the British Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration (the daily tot). In the 17th century, the ration had been beer– one gallon per day– but the the switch was meade the following century to rum in order to cut down on the weight and ...
Britannia Ruled the Waves - with Help from North East; an Exhibition about the History of the Royal Navy from the 17th Century to the Defeat of Napoleon Has Nelson at Its Centre. but North East Legend Admiral Lord Collingwood and Another 400 Local Trafalgar Heroes Get a Mention. Mike Kelly...
The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by that navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the number ...
For students of uniforms or dress in Elizabethan and early 17th Century dress, this is a fascinating document, though a little challenging to read. It is first known warrant or General Order on Royal Navy uniforms or "liveries" from Lord High Admiral Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham, dated ...
3.CavalierOf or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I. [French,horseman, from Old Italiancavaliere, from Late Latincaballārius, from Latincaballus,horse; akin to Greekkaballēs,work horse, both Greek and Latin probably ultimately from an Irani...
•On Now:Merchant Navy Treasures: An Introduction to the Newall Dunn Collection.This display at the City of London’s Guildhall Library delves into the Newall Dunn Collection, one of the world’s most comprehensive photographic and reference collections on merchant shipping, and showcases the achi...
As one walks along the narrow streets of the poor fishing village of Port Royal today, it is hard to imagine that it was once the largest and most economically significant English settlement in the Americas. Or, that the town served as the headquarters of the Royal Navy in the Caribbean wh...
As the brown bess was introduced, thousands of surplus doglock muskets were turned over to the Royal Navy or shipped to the American Colonies. It is not a coincidence the brass hardware styles of the musket offered here, show up on the first Sea Service musket in 1738. The doglock, ...