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…

SS Edmund Fitzgerald On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board.…

Bounding Main aboard the Bounty at Kenosha Days of Discovery in 2004 This is Dean Calin; in addition to being…

Ewan MacColl (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989) James Henry Miller, better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl,…

Peter Bellamy Peter Franklyn Bellamy (8 September 1944 – 24 September 1991) was an English folk singer. He was a…

The Battle of Lake Erie In the first unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron in history, U.S. Captain Oliver…

The Lady Elgin The loss of the side-wheel steamship Lady Elgin was one of Lake Michigan's most tragic maritime disasters.…

Probable likeness of Robert Dudley, c. 1591, from the National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain Sir Robert Dudley (7 August 1574 –…

Bruce Jesse Macartney, Jr. (1949-2019) Bruce Jesse Macartney Jr., 70 of Midland, died Thursday morning, September 5, 2019 at the…

Royal George at Spithead Royal George sank on 29 August 1782 whilst anchored at Spithead off Portsmouth. The ship was…

Diver explores Biekinge champagne wreck COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — No one will be allowed to fish out any of the…