Tag: maritime history

When did Greenwich become the centre of every worl...

Mar 20, 2020 | General Interest |

Trafalgar : The Royal Navy’s Greatest Ever V...

Oct 18, 2019 | Channel Islands, General Interest, Guernsey, History |

The Guernseymen at Trafalgar

Oct 19, 2018 | Channel Islands, Guernsey, History |

Asterix – Guernsey’s Own Roman Wreck

Jun 2, 2017 | Channel Islands, Guernsey, History |

How to make a living ‘Guernsey Style’ ...

Nov 18, 2016 | Channel Islands, Guernsey, History |

The Boreas Disaster

Aug 26, 2016 | Channel Islands, Guernsey |

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Ahoy there … 9 Fascinating Nautical Terms

Oct 16, 2015 | General Interest |

Britain is a nautical nation. Indeed her Empire was built on the command of the seas. So...

Alderney’s Elizabethan Wreck

Jul 31, 2015 | Alderney, Channel Islands, History |
A Shipwreck and a lot of Wine and Laughter : Guernsey gets Merry

Jan 2, 2015 | Channel Islands, Guernsey |
Has the Fabled Viking ‘Magic Crystal’ been discovered … in the Channel Islands ?

Dec 5, 2014 | Alderney, Channel Islands, General Interest, History |
Great British Inventions

Jan 14, 2014 | Technology |

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The S.S. Stella

Jan 20, 2012 |

The Steam Ship “Stella” has entered local history as a byword for tragedy when she was sadly wrecked in 1899 off of Alderney.

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Roman Guernsey – Lisia

Nov 15, 2011 |

Contrary to to popular belief the Romans didn’t call Guernsey Sarnia. It is likely that the name they gave it was Lisia.

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