Articles about the history of Falmouth, Cornwall
13 March 2023
When Falmouth Escaped a Big Bang A chance remark in a recent funeral eulogy in Chepstow – ‘Family tradition has it he helped blow up a […]
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 […]
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, […]
18 June 2020
In 1843 and again in 1846 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert arrived in Falmouth aboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert. This was the first Royal […]