2025's skies will feature a range of exciting sights, from partial solar and total lunar eclipses to illuminated planets, ...

England’s dockyards were self-contained communities of highly skilled craftsmen. The earliest dry docks had a wall of mud blocking one end. When a ship was ready to be launched it took 20 men one ...

Oliver Cromwell was best known for being Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland after the defeat of King Charles I in the Civil War. He was one of the main signatories on ...

Learn more about the special prize in Astronomy Photographer of the Year, and see if you have what it takes to enter this unique category The Annie Maunder Open Category is a special prize in ...

Henry Hudson was a well-known English explorer and navigator in the 17th century. He was the third explorer to search for the North-West Passage. The North-West Passage was a fabled seaway linking the ...

"Clouds are said to be the bane of astronomers, but they can also be the inspiration for a breath-taking astrophotograph. These rare, incredibly high nacreous clouds reflect colour like oil does on ...

Crew agreements for British-registered merchant ships, crew lists or muster-rolls and official ships' logs are of particular interest to genealogists and people tracing family history, and to anyone ...

The seasons are divisions of the year which relate to the annual changes in the weather. There are four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. The seasons relate to weather patterns in parts of ...

Over one million original ship plans dating back to the early 18th century Our collection of over one million ship plans dates back to the early 18th century. It includes the Admiralty Collection ...

Records of individual yards include manuscripts (reference numbers are shown where relevant), plans and other material. The Manuscripts Department also holds a card index of senior dockyard officials ...

From Viking longships and 14th century carracks to 18th century battleships, the way ships were built evolved greatly between 800 and 1800. For thousands of years, people used boats and ships to fish, ...

Get some 17th-century fashion tips - but don't laugh or the make up might crack... Although time and expensive ingredients were lavished on appearances, beauty in the 17th century was seen as fleeting ...