North Carr Lightship faces an uncertain future
Chris Graham on 23rd February 2024
We consider the uncertain future of the once influential North Carr Lightship as her metal construction reaches critical condition.
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Life and times of the pocket battleship Admiral Graf von Spee
Chris Graham on 19th December 2023
James Hendrie recounts the short career of the German pocket battleship, Admiral Graf von Spee, which sank nine ships before being stopped.
The sad demise of 1953 Mediterranean Sky
Chris Graham on 23rd March 2023
Henry Brayshaw traces the history of a once famous ship from the 1950s, which ended its days as the Greek ferry Mediterranean Sky.
A tragic day in 1953
Chris Graham on 9th March 2023
Russell Plummer recalls the tragic day in 1953 when the car ferry Princess Victoria sank in the Irish Sea, with just 44 survivors.
The tragic, 1956 sinking of Italian liner Andrea Doria
Chris Graham on 12th January 2023
Dene Bebbington tells the story of the tragic, July 1956 sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria, after a collision in fog.
NEW BOOK – Operation Dynamo
Chris Graham on 7th April 2020
This new book delivers a fascinating insight into 200 of the boats and ships used in Operation Dynamo, to help evacuate the British Army from Dunkirk, in the summer of 1940.
