A few weeks ago when the US Government was shut down, the USS Constitution Museum, which is located within a National Park, was forced to close its doors.  Because of the thousands that were unable to visit the museum, buy souvenirs, or contribute directly to this private organization's operation, the museum lost over $110,000.  For all sales of ( Read more... )

I hope this will bring all Age of Sail aficionados out there a little extra-cheer. May you and your loved ones have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed Yule! Neither is complete without a decent ghost story, read by candlelight, accompanied by a mug of hot cocoa.

THE RADIANT BOY (*.pdf file)
Four Ghost Stories from the Age of Sail
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A special treat in celebration of my favourite admiral’s birthday. :-)

You can download the story “Last Service” (an excerpt from the book “The Radiant Boy - Four Ghost Stories in the Age of Sail” by Emma Collingwood) for free!

Title: "Last Service"
Author: Emma Collingwood
Illustrations: Amandine de Villeneuve
Characters: Collingwood, Nelson, Hardy ( ( Read more... )

Looks like I keep stumbling across something...

TheShipsList - 18th-20th centuries. Passenger lists, info about sea companies involved in migrations and ocean trade, ship descriptions and pictures, arrivals, reports, diaries, and stories of wrecks with survivor lists, official immigration related documents.

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 17th ( Read more... )

Ian G. Brennan carved HMS Victory from an oak timber being formerly a part of the original ship.
Not just a glued model. A sculpture. The keel, sails, rigging, armament.
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A new crate in the_hold. In PotC ships you'll find constructional data and technical drawings, reports from PotC filming regarding to ships (including materials from the moviemakers themselves), a lot of materials about real vessels used in the movie, and plenty and plenty of photos.

Crossposted on potc_universe.

An short film of an extraordinary scale replica of Deptford Dockyard was posted on vimeo earlier this week. The model is described as follows ( Read more... )

"The Last Journey of HMS Dover" is a naval ghost story set in the late 18th century, taken from my book "The Radiant Boy - Four Ghost Stories from the Age of Sail". While the book is only available as a paperback, you now have the unique chance to download this one tale all through November for only £ 1.99.

My revenue per purchase is £ 1.23, and ( Read more... )

Not quite Age of Sail, but the BBC has an interesting article on their website today about the the Swash Channel Wreck, the remains of a 17th century armed merchant ship discovered near Poole Harbour in Dorset in 1990. The wreck is currently being excavated and recorded by Bournemouth University's Maritime Archaeology Research Group. The site has ( Read more... )