Sea & ships
This week in history
Links go to NMM search results for that term.
- The St James's Day Fight, 25 July 1666
- The Battle of Ushant, 27 July 1778
- Cook sails from Deptford for Plymouth to embark on his first voyage, 30 July 1768
- Discovery of Malden Island, 30 July 1825
- Battle of Scheveningen, 31 July 1653
- Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798
- Henry Hudson sails into Hudson Bay, 2 August 1610
- East India Company, abolished, 2 August 1858
Explorers & leaders
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Nelson's naval career began when he was only 12 years old. He became the most popular British hero of his time for his naval victories. -
Francis Drake was an experienced and daring seafarer who successfully circumnavigated the world between 1577-80. -
What did Columbus want to do? Why did he want to sail west? And what exactly did he find?
Animals at Sea
Online lecture
Listen online to the whole of Dr Michael Duffy's recent lecture on Quiberon Bay.
Maritime galleries
Sea & ships directory
Subjects
Explorers and leaders, Pirates, North-West Passage, Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition, Marine environment
People
Horatio Nelson, Elizabeth I, John Harrison, Sir John Franklin, Matthew Flinders, Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, Captain James Cook
Collections
Navigational and astronomical instruments, charts and maps, coins and medals, decorative art, fine art, flags, ship models, uniforms, weapons
Online galleries
Atlantic Worlds, Atlantic Neptune charts, Bedford Lemere photographs, Beside the Seaside photographs, Franklin relics, Nelson collection
