Nautical/Naval History

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1. 13. Maritime museums of North America, including Canada : with selected lighthouse, canal, and canal lock museums

   By Boxbuilds, October 27, 2020   

   • historic ships
   • model ships
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   • mtaylor
   • November 2, 2020

2. Stoves/Ovens on ships in the 1600s and Onward

   By acaron41120, October 15, 2020
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   • Chuck Seiler
   • October 26, 2020

3. Spanish Ships and Shipbuilding in the Atlantic Colonies, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

   By bruce d, October 21, 2020
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   • bruce d
   • October 21, 2020

4. HMS Savage: A Swan Class sloop of war gets savaged by a Yankee privateer!

   By uss frolick, October 15, 2020
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   • uss frolick
   • October 21, 2020

5. Captured Spanish Ships and Their Influence on the British Royal Navy in the 18th Century

   By bruce d, October 12, 2020
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   • Seahawk1313
   • October 16, 2020

6. 18th century ship performance effect on industrial revolution

   By bruce d, September 30, 2020
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   • Rik Thistle
   • October 16, 2020

7. The Introduction and Use of Copper Sheathing - A History (PDF)

   By Bob Cleek, October 13, 2020
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   • bruce d
   • October 15, 2020

8. Indonesian canoes

   By bruce d, February 5, 2020
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   • G. Desmond Pike
   • October 14, 2020

9. 1925 auction of ship models

   By bruce d, October 8, 2020
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   • bruce d
   • October 9, 2020

10. HMS Victory davits

    By rkwz, October 4, 2020
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    • dafi
    • October 7, 2020

11. Dating 18th-century map from ship drawings

    By Stephen Gadd, September 25, 2020   

    • map
    • rigging
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      • bulkhead
      • flag
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    • Stephen Gadd
    • October 4, 2020

12. Historical Fantasy. Oh, and Heresy.

    By Gazzarian, October 3, 2020
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    • Gazzarian
    • October 4, 2020

13. Strange Hooks on Roman Ships

    By Binho, September 16, 2020
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    • Bob Cleek
    • October 2, 2020

14. WW2 ship drawings anyone know what this is?

    By Dean77, May 30, 2020
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    • Cristiano
    • September 30, 2020

15. Color film: Pearl Harbor, Spring 1942.

    By uss frolick, October 4, 2018
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    • Egilman
    • September 29, 2020

16. Great Harry

    By Mark P, September 11, 2017   

    • henry viiis warship
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    • Louie da fly
    • September 27, 2020

17. Lead ingots (slabs) used for ship's ballast?

    By SYRGEM, August 21, 2020
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    • Mark P
    • September 26, 2020

18. Nau Portugal with 48 cannons

    By Daniel Filipe, September 23, 2020
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    • Louie da fly
    • September 25, 2020

19. Shipbuilding Practice and Ship Design Methods From the Renaissance to the 18th Century

    By bruce d, September 6, 2020
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    • Keithbrad80
    • September 24, 2020

20. Preble Hall Podcast #76 on Barons of the Sea: The Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship

    By MEDDO, September 24, 2020
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    • MEDDO
    • September 24, 2020

21. Portuguese Treasure Ship found - oh, 12 years ago!

    By Louie da fly, September 18, 2020
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    • Louie da fly
    • September 18, 2020

22. Help in identifying an item

    By Captain Poison, August 31, 2020
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    • wefalck
    • September 16, 2020

23. Piece Identification

    By Kate, September 6, 2020
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    • wefalck
    • September 16, 2020

24. Paper: Large clinker built cargo vessels from the late medieval period

    By bruce d, September 11, 2020
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    • wefalck
    • September 16, 2020

25. British official Report of the Prince de Neufchatel vs Endymion battle 1 2 3

    By uss frolick, October 16, 2014
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    • uss frolick
    • September 6, 2020

26. Royal Navy Wooden Shipwrecks Database

    By bruce d, August 31, 2020
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    • bruce d
    • August 31, 2020

27. HMS Lizard pictures request

    By laarmada, August 26, 2020   

    • gallery
    • hms lizard
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    • laarmada
    • August 27, 2020

28. Τhe Labros Katsonis passage.

    By mikegr, August 20, 2020
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    • mikegr
    • August 20, 2020

29. Galleon San Luis, please help

    By Marco Silva, April 9, 2020
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    • Anaga
    • August 19, 2020

30. Truth and rumours - Bismark was shadowed by two American battleships

    By shipman, May 14, 2018
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    • shipman
    • August 18, 2020