Naval History

Foreigners should not damn the Afghans with low expectations

Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation

David Grann writes the definitive tale of the Wager’s descent into madness

The heroic age of polar exploration ended with Shackleton’s death

It is wilfully forgotten that the Royal Navy was central to ending the slave trade