1 March 2023
Prima Donna – PH. 13 (O. No. 78097) 1876-1896 then Prima Donna PZ.594 from 1896- 1910 So much research, initially triggered by a simple query, is […]
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21 February 2023
The French Revolution brought challenges for anyone with royalist connections. One such was Gaetan D’Alvimart who is mentioned in a letter written by Captain McLeod of […]
21 February 2023
While researching the Ceuta papers, we came across this letter from Captain McLeod of HMS Antelope which piqued our curiosity. Who was this ‘unpleasant ship-mate’? Portsmouth […]
20 February 2023
The story of how seven men sailed a 37ft lugger, the Mystery, to Australia is a familiar story in Cornwall. A recent discovery is a copy […]
19 February 2023
Document relating to the voyage of the Mystery lugger from Penzance to Melbourne (Aus)
11 December 2022
Volunteer Linda Bachelor tripped over a lovely thank you message from 1806 recently, tracking how an unsolicited thank you may have led to a benefit to […]
11 December 2022
While researching her article on Broad’s Ship Agents, Volunteer Linda Bachelor came across this lovely letter of thanks. It comes from Commander Robert Pettet of HMS […]
29 November 2022
We have added a database of Windfall yachts to our DataBank. This contains summary information about these German-built yachts, culled from the definitive book by Mike […]
8 September 2022
Many an envoy has been accused of ‘going native’ by ‘headquarters’ when they are merely seeing things from a different perspective. This elegantly written letter comes […]