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On Tuesday 22nd November 2016, it is precisely 147 years since Cutty Sark's launch. Built to last for just thirty years, the world famous ship has defied expectations to be the sole surviving extreme clipper ship in the world.

Letters from common sailors of Nelson's time are rare enough, but Benjamin Stevenson, a 22-year-old sailor on HMS Victory left 15 letters to his family.

This week the National Maritime Museum welcomes almost 100 delegates from across the UK to discuss maritime archives. Stuart Bligh tells us more, and finds links to ships and the sea in some unexpected places.

October's Item of the Month takes a look at an item from the Historical Records Collection, The Instrument of Surrender, relating to the surrender of Japanese Forces in Hong Kong in 1945.

Imagine setting sail, looking back and seeing the land sink into the sea as you pass the horizon. Imagine the size of the sky above you, the depth of the sea below, the smallness of your ship in the vastness of the world.

Thirty-three years after she first prepared Lely's Flagmen of Lowestoft for display, Senior Paintings Conservator Elizabeth Hamilton-Eddy prepares them for the Queen's House.

Death at sea was a danger for every seaman and for those who crewed a sailing ship the dangers were greatest.

The crew of Cutty Sark's thirteenth voyage numbered twenty three men in total which fell into the expected hierarchy of officers and men, those who give the orders and those who carry them out.

Artist and writer John Kelly looks at how the ship's log has long contributed to literature and the visual arts.