06 Feb 2015
Cutty Sark in China
Cutty Sark was built specifically to serve the China tea trade, to meet the demand in Victorian Britain for fine black teas. Speed was of the essence in the China trade at this time because the first ship back with the fresh new season’s tea could command the highest returns.
06 Feb 2015
Restoring one of the nation's greatest silent films
Today's guest blog was written by Bryony Dixon, Curator of silent film at the BFI. She's been busy restoring one of the finest films of the British silent era ahead of a special screening at our museum.
02 Feb 2015
Contemporary manuscript book of naval records collected by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631) the antiquarian and collector. [PLA/2]
30 Jan 2015
Ship’s Blog : Mast Head Vane
22 Jan 2015
Cutty Sark in Australia
Discover how Cutty Sark entered the Australian wool trade and became one of the fastest clippers of the time
10 Jan 2015
Henry Kendall's Extra Master's Certificate - and the capture of Dr Crippen
Henry George Kendall is not a household name today, but there was a time when, as Master of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company's SS Montrose, he played a central role in a major news story. It was Kendall who proved instrumental in capturing a wanted man and his mistress, making criminological history in the process. The tale is one of murder, romance, an international manhunt and a ship equipped with the latest 'wireless' technology.
09 Jan 2015
The loss of the Earl of Abergavenny
Recently I came across to a very moving volume while cataloguing the rare fiction collection of the Caird Library. The book is entitled ‘The loss of the Earl of Abergavenny, East-Indiaman: a poem with notes’ (Item ID: PBH6656)