USS United States by Geoff Hunt. She was one of the US Navy’s six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794.

#USNavy #Tallships #AgeofSail

Quite right, I shouldn't have said men. Too long spent studying the 18th century navy!

American carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in dry dock, giving some idea of her size. Her full complement is four and half thousand men.

#USNavy #NavalAviation #IranWar

HMS Leopard pursued by the Dutch warship Waakzaamheid in the Roaring Forties by British artist Geoff Hunt.

Readers of Patrick O’Brian may recognise it as the cover art for Desolation Island

#RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #Navalfiction

Vessels in a swell at sunset by 19th century Ukrainian artist Ivan Aivazovsky

A bit of calm in a stormy world

#Tallships #Ageofsail #MarineArt

Fog Peril by American artist Thomas Hoyne

The Grand Banks off Newfoundland was an area traditionally known for its abundance of cod and for its thick fogs. Add transatlantic liners to the mix, and what could possibly go wrong?

#Canada #Liners #Fishing

Spring 2026 Quarterdeck - Globe Pequot In this Spring 2026 issue of Quarterdeck we have an interview with J. Russell Jinishian, a feature on Herzogin Cecilie by Malcolm Darch, a column called Poetry and the Sea by Julian Stockwin, plus all...

The Spring issue of Quarterdeck Magazine is available on line via the link below, for those interested in ships and the sea. Enjoy.

On the Deck of the Frigate Svetlana by 19th century Russian artist Alexander Beggrov

The raised platform running between the sides was known as a bridge, and was becoming the main command centre of a warship in this period.

#Steam #RussianNavy #Ironclad

HMS Victory, newly restored by British artist William Lionel Wyllie

Due to be scrapped, she was saved by a public outcry. She was restored by donations organised by the Society for Nautical Research. In 1928 she opened as a museum ship.

#Nelson #Trafalgar #RoyalNavy

Seascape by 19th century French artist Jules Noël

#Maritime #Sea #Ageofsail

Published Worldwide Today - Clay and the Sublime Porte

Book 12 in the Alexander Clay series

Available on Amazon as a paperback or ebook

#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy

Ship at night by Marek Rużyk

#RoyalNavy #Sea #Ageofsail

Named after a later French capture. The RN sometimes adopted foreign names of ships that had fought particularly well

French ship of the line Foudroyant by Auguste Mayer.

Early 18th century ships may have been cumbersome, un-weatherly and struggled to operate in winter, but they did look magnificent.

#FrenchNavy #LouisXIV #Ageofsail

HMS Warrior by David Bell

She was an Alfred-class 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Portsmouth

#RoyalNavy #NapoleonicWars #Ageofsail

‘A huge stone cannon ball, sir,’ reported Taylor returning from the bow. ‘It hit one of the anchors and shattered. The forecastle looks like Deal beach, and poor Mr Hutchinson is quite covered in dust.’

Clay and the Sublime Porte – coming soon

#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy

The Ij by 20th century Dutch painter Peter J. Sterkenburg

The Ij is the name of the bay that once served as an anchorage for Amsterdam.

#DutchNavy #DutchEastIndiaCompany #Tallships

Fight of the Wagram by Auguste Mayer

Wagram was a French first rate built in 1810. The picture shows a clash between French ships and the British Mediterranean Fleet in 1813 during which she helped her out-numbered squadron escape destruction.

#FrenchNavy #NapoleonicWar #RoyalNavy

He’s a great artist- I send him a passage from the book and he brings it to life

Yes it is. The novel is set in the Dardanelles campaign of that year.

Colin Baxter has produced another superb picture for the cover of my latest Clay novel.

It shows a scene from the book when two 74s attack a Turkish shore battery.

Clay and the Sublime Porte – coming soon

#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy

Summer morning by British marine artist Montague Dawson

#Sea #Ships #RoyalNavy

USS Philadelphia on fire in the port of Tripoli, by Edward Moran

She was a 36-gun frigate that was captured during the First Barbary War in 1803 after she ran aground. A few months later she was destroyed in a daring US Navy raid.

#BarbaryPirates #FirstFrigates #USNavy

It's by 19th century artist Thomas Whitcombe.

‘The wind is shifting, Sir John,’ said Clay. ‘And we are here on the shores of the Aegean, where history was born. The ancients would take it as an omen that the Gods favour us. I say we force our way through to Constantinople.’

Clay and the Sublime Porte – coming soon

#AmReading #RoyalNavy

Just in Time by 19th century British artist Thomas Rose Miles

#Rescue #Sea #Lifeboat

Another Clay…

…is on its way

I’ve just sent the completed manuscript for book 12 in the Alexander Clay series, Clay and the Sublime Porte, to my editor.

#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy

Thank you to all my readers and followers for their support in 2025.

Hope you have a lovely Christmas with those who mean most to you.

#Xmas #tallships #Amreading

The Pig Must be caught by Danish artist Christian Mølsted

Turkeys are so much easier…

#Baltic #Tallships #Danishnavy

Attack on HMS Dictator by Christian Mølsted

After the surrender and internment of the Danish battle fleet by the Royal Navy in 1807, Denmark continued the war using swarms of gunboats during calm weather, when they could outmanoeuvre their larger opponents.

#Baltic #RoyalNavy #Danishnavy