Maritime music icon, Ewan MacColl The Maritime Music Directory International is very pleased to share that the many maritime-themed albums…

U.S.S. Monitor battles C.S.S. Virginia On March 9, 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in American history occurs…

Pressgang Mutiny Hi all,I'm part of Pressgang Mutiny and we are in the final stages of producing our third album…

Patrick Denain "Patrick has gone to join the stars." — Miguel Biard, on a Facebook post on 17 Feb, 2025…

First Barbary War U.S. Navy stages daring mission during First Barbary War  (February 16, 1804) During the First Barbary War,…

Battle of Cape St. Vincent The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles…

Schooner Lyman M. Law The Austrian submarine U-35 bombs and sinks the American schooner Lyman M. Law in the Mediterranean…

John Roberts A Message From Lisa Preston: "I am utterly heartbroken to have to share with you that my partner…

New album from HogEye Men, Ships and Shanties This new album of 19 sea shanties and maritime songs from The…

Jack Forbes Jack Forbes was a member of the Hoy Shanty Crew and Slow Loris. Jack passed away on January…

Anthony Grant Barrand (April 3, 1945 – January 29, 2022) was a British-born American folk singer and academic. He was…

We are sad to report that Ken Stephens passed away on Friday, 17 January, 2025. You can read more about…

British First Fleet at Port Jackson 18th January 1788, the first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from…

Luny, Thomas; The Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-moonlight-battle-off-cape-st-vincent-16-january-1780-175009 British demonstrate naval supremacy…

Nelson's funeral procession arriving at St Paul's Cathedral (engraving by Augustus Charles Pugin, 1806) Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, was given a…

Herman Melville On January 3, 1841, Herman Melville ships out on the whaler Acushnet to the South Seas. Melville was…

USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia On December 30, 1862, the U.S.S. Monitor sinks in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.…

Mayflower II The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Separatists in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their…

Here is an opportunity to join in a new shanty group with Folksinger Gunnar Wiegand! Looking for singers for Shanty…

Baarque Falls of Halladale wrecked off the coast of Peterborough, Victoria, Australia, 1908 Falls of Halladale was a four-masted iron-hulled…