6 July 2021
If December 1785 had proved an unsuccessful month, then the auspices for 1786 were not much brighter. On 2nd January the Sprightly, now under the command of […]
10 May 2021
A new referreed article has been published in Troze, our associate online publication. It looks at the first few decades of Falmouth as a Trust Port. […]
29 October 2020
Captain Nichols’ account of the sinking of the Duke William is corroborated by a variety of other sources. Lloyd’s List, then the twice weekly British Shipping […]
28 October 2020
The Covid 19 lockdown has given us the chance to catch up with a series of articles which had previously been ‘one day, I shall …’ […]
22 October 2020
A small plaque in St Gluvias church, Penryn, reads: A LA MEMOIRE DES ACADIENS This memorial commemorates the 73 men, women and children buried in the […]
8 October 2020
Another sail! Just as they had joined us, the people from the fore-top-mast cried out, a sail! a sail! I thought it better to let the […]
8 October 2020
Heading home On the 25th day of November, we sailed out of the bay of Causo [sic]. It blew strong at N.W. Captains Hurry, Beeton, Sugget, […]
8 October 2020
Ashore in the New World We all enjoyed this pleasing sport during most part of the siege of Louisbourg; when Captain Schomberg, of the Diana frigate, […]
8 October 2020
Extract from the Naval Chronicle, for 1807: Vol. XVII, January to June; Part One – p.396-401 in a series on the Correct Relation of Shipwrecks. Narrative […]
3 August 2020
During the English Civil War Cornwall remained loyal to the Royalist cause. Both the Queen, Henrietta Maria, in 1644 and in 1646, Charles, Prince of Wales, […]
29 July 2020
Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935 – 1962ex- Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916ex- Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935; In the winter of 1935, the Penzance registered […]
29 July 2020
Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935Ex – Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935-1962. In the Summer of 1916 the Newlyn lugger Albania was […]