Focus on Falmouth

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

In early 2019 whilst researching some information concerning 19th century emigration to New Zealand I came across the letters of Charlotte Godley.[*] The letters sent to […]

Operation Ariel (Aerial) and the Evacuation from France – June 1940   Operation Ariel was the code name for the evacuation of troops and civilians from […]

During the C19 there were two large Ship Agents operating in Falmouth: Fox’s and Broad’s. They acted as agents for the many ships calling into Falmouth, […]