Category Archives: Sailing ships

Thames Heritage Alliance formed to campaign to protect historic sites

The Thames Heritage Alliance is a new organisation that hopes to become the voice for those concerned to protect and promote the heritage and of the Thames – including its historic maritime sites, boatyards and so on. It’s still a … Continue reading

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The sinking of HMS Implacable in 1949

This film of the destruction of HMS Implacable is extraordinary. Almost unbelievably, this vessel was originally a French naval ship that fought at the battle of Trafalgar, and was later captured at the battle of Cape Ortegal. According to the … Continue reading

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Ocean Racers – Cicely Fox-Smith’s history of the great sailing ship races

Ocean Racers looks like a great account of clipper ship racing by the poet Cicely Fox Smith. I don’t know when I’ll find time to read it all (there’s far too much in my in-tray just now) but some of … Continue reading

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