Naval War Historian Prints

"You can let that go till later, Harris."

Remote control pirate bully

Neo-International Law

Israel/Palestine Conflict

When laundry ruled the waves.

Archival Warfare

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore

'Well, it wasn't my lucky day... first there was that shark and then I bimped into a bunch of beaver!'

"What if we're just a ship in somebody's bottle? Yar, here comes me existential crisis."

Armed forces waiting with nothing to do.

Terrorism leaves Iraq and moves on to new places.

Idlib, Syria - The final stage

"Let me connect you with Edith, our specialist in ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia. My expertise happens to be in North Korean intransigence."

"It's going over the top? D' you realise what you've just said?"

Lost around a military base.

Ralph Rackstraw HMS Pinafore

You can't spell Afghanistan without A, G, A, I, and N.

"Captain, we've taken on strippers."

"Pinpoint havoc, gentlemen, accuracy of mayhem. And yet our dress blues remain crisp and sharp, our hands soft and pink."

'...the storm raged and the doctor got drunk to steady his nerves..'

'But you're an admiral. How can you feel seasick on a waterbed?'

'Ignore them, Charlie. They're nothing but philistines. I liked your poetry, truly I did!'

'Hardy I see no chips!'

"This crew gets 15 miles to the pound of gruel. They're very fuel efficient."

"How can you feel queasy, we're barely out of port."

Chilcot's report and the blood of martyrs

US strike on Syria.

Commonly confused homonyms: Frigate and Frigate

On the plus side, I'd wager a lot of you folks back there had never seen an iceburg up close before.

"Destroyers"

'Silent type, eh?'

On board the MS Hepatology

Celebrate National Submarine Day.

A 9/11 Every Day