The Trafalgar Times

05/08/2026

New exhibition on Mariners and London at Lambeth Palace Library.
On until 11th September and free to visit.

https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/mariners-religion-race-and-empire/

Mariners Religion, race AND EMPIRE AT LAMBETH PALACE LIBRary This summer we set sail with a display of maritime-themed items from Lambeth Palace Library’s collections. In collaboration with the University of Bristol, this exhibition explores seafaring, missions to seamen, and how maritime activity...

28/07/2026

I'm sure we've all seen the QI episode (or similar) where a mask of a face is rotated and the inverse sides pops out at you as it comes round... Well here's a scan of Horatio Nelson's life mask (not death mask, it was made when he was alive) doing the same...

07/07/2026

Surgeon Beatty's medicine chest, on display at St. Luke's Church, Haslar (Gosport).

06/07/2026

HMS Victory's surviving fore topsail from the Battle of Trafalagar is back on display at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Royal Navy Museums. Make sure you come and see it during the summer.

01/07/2026

Royal Navy Museums in Portsmouth are looking for a Lead Rigger for the project if anyone fancies joining the team. It does mean you will get to work on HMS Victory's Big Repair as well as the other ships.

https://jobs.royalnavymuseums.org.uk/lead-rigger-297507.htm

We are looking for a Lead Rigger to join our team & play a key role in the ongoing care & maintenance of the wide range of rigs within our collection.

20/06/2026

Book 4 in the Navy Notes series has just been released.

HMS Pandora:Reefs and Wrecks! follows Captain Edward Edwards and Surgeon George Hamilton as they go in search of the Bounty mutineers, little expecting to encounter their own epic voyage after disaster strikes.

Fully annotated, with illustrations, indexes, and supplementary material, this addition to the Navy Notes series is a perfect follow-on for Bligh's account of his South Seas voyage and the mutiny on the Bounty.

And if you haven't seen the other two in the series, you can find Beatty's account of the Death of Nelson, and Jack Nastyface, who volunteered in 1805 only to find himself at the Battle of Trafalgar.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5SNYRY6?binding=hardcover&ref=dbs_dp_sirpi

Visit Amazon's The Navy Notes Collection Page and shop for all The Navy Notes Collection books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Navy Notes Collection

18/06/2026

Watch out at The Mary Rose, it seems some new building materials have been used for your ship! Although it does make me wonder what I can do with chips and gravy next time I get them...

14/06/2026

And the follow on to Bligh's account of the mutiny on the Bounty, the expedition of HMS Pandora, has just gone to the publishers. Captain Edward Edwards and Surgeon George Hamilton wrote of their efforts to find the mutineers, and they too found themselves in a much smaller vessel trying to reach Kupang after Pandora hit a reef (sorry, plot spoiler!).

You can order your copy from Sunday 21st June, and if you haven't looked at any of the other books in the Navy Notes series, then why not!