The first Royal Navy pattern sword was created in 1805, its elegant but impractical design being superseded by a solid-hilt design developed in 1827. The leading Cutlers of swords, dirks and lances to the British Armed Forces, Commonwealth & Overseas Def
Admiral Nelson's fighting Sword This pattern of sword was quite popular amongst Navy officers throughout the 1790s and into the 19th century. For example many of the officers at the Battle of Trafalgar would have had this pattern of sword. This version is based on the sword carried by the...
•The history of Black British mariners is the subject of a new exhibition opening at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich on Saturday.Marking Black History Month,Black Greenwich Pensionersexplores the history of the Black Royal Navy personnel and how they formed one of Britain’s earliest ...
Double-Edged Sword: Indonesian Personnel in the Royal Netherlands NavyJones, Mark C.Journal of Military History
The House of Commons now objected both to what it called the revival of “popish practices” in the churches and to the levying of tonnage and poundage by the king’s officers without its consent. The king ordered the adjournment of Parliament on March 2, 1629, but before that the ...