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Kent's archives contain details of many aspects of the county's maritime history including shipwrecks, salvage, smuggling and piracy.

Prints held in the National Maritime Museum's collection might not be all they seem.

'Whaleboats represent the integration of specially developed commercial boat technology into the Royal Navy'

Elizabeth I gave Shakespeare's players a logistical nightmare when she double booked them during the busy festive season. But what really happened?

The rare book collection at the Caird Library holds numerous delights. One of our readers requested this book and it particularly caught my eye as it is written by an officer who began service in the Royal Navy as a young lad in the 1800s.

380 prints, 186 books, 9 weeks and one question: how did the De Bry prints end up at the National Maritime Museum? Silvia Massa tackled this question during her research internship.

One of my favourite things about being an Archives Assistant is that I am able to rummage around in the uncatalogued collections and rediscover items which were acquired for a specific and important reason or event, but have since lost prominence. With the centenary of the formation of the Women's Royal Naval Service falling this year, I felt it was time some of our uncatalogued Wrens material received some attention!