August 2018 Issue Robert Mayhew Vessel of Knowledge Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude That Changed the World By Peter Moore
September 2007 Issue Nigel Jones Rum, Sodomy and the Lash The Line Upon a Wind: An Intimate History of the Last and Greatest War Fought at Sea Under Sail, 1793–1815 By Noel Mostert Cochrane the Dauntless: The Life and Adventures of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 1775–1860 By David Cordingly Storm and Conquest: The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1809 By Stephen Taylor LR
February 2013 Issue Paul Lay English Bullies, Spanish Bullion Elizabeth’s Sea Dogs: How the English became the Scourge of the Seas By Hugh Bicheno LR
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