These blogs present various maritime-themed topics.

• 80th Anniversary of D-Day: Southampton’s Key Role: Find out more about Operation Neptune, and the crucial role played by Southampton.
• The Lizard Wireless Station: The story of the Lizard Wireless Station in Cornwall and its connection to Guglielmo Marconi.
• Spinners: Find out more about how distance was recorded on ships in the past. This blogs links to the Sounding Weights one.
• Sounding Weights: Learn how depth was investigated on ships in the past. This blog links to the Sounding Weights one.
• Shipwrecks and Currencies: This blog investigates the currency from three sites on display at the Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum.
• Christmas greetings: Maritime-themed Christmas traditions between the late 19th century and the mid-20th century.
• Lighthouses and Lightvessels: Find out more about the history of lighthouses and lightvessels, with some examples from the Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War Project area.
• Stone Anchors: Explore how stone anchors work and changed through time.
• Train Ferries: This blog covers the history of train ferries and how they were used in Britain.
• Stories of Fascinating Shipwrecks: Dive into the story of three ships and how they wrecked.
• The Silver War Badge: Find out more about the Silver War Badge and how it was awarded to those serving in the First World War.
• Early Watercraft: Learn about the development of watercrafts, focusing in particular on those from the Solent.
• Steam Powered lifeboats: Explore the story of the six steam powered RNLI lifeboats serving between 1980 and 1900.
• Shipwrecks and the Marine Environment – Friends or foes?: This blog focuses on the relationship between shipwrecks and the marine environment.
• Christmas Traditions: Maritime-themed Christmas traditions from around the world!
• Shipwrecks, Longitude and Chronometers: Learn how the wreckage of the HMS Association and three other ships relate to the invention of the marine chronometer.
• Protecting Underwater Heritage from Erosion: Learn how erosion can be damaging to underwater cultural heritage
• Bathymetry and Side-Scan Sonar: Find out bathymetry data and side-scan sonars are used in maritime archaeology.
• Airships and Barrage Balloons: Find out how airships and barrage balloons were used during the First World War.
• Submarine Attacks and Their Wrecks – Two Unusual Cases: Submarines attacks on other submarines.
• Bouldnor Cliff: A Scuba Diving Volunteer’s Story: Volunteer Duncan Ross’ poem on Bouldnor Cliff and his account of diving on the site.
• Christmas Traditions at Sea: Maritime Christmas traditions!
• First World War Trawlers and their Crews: Find out about the role of trawler crews during the First World War, with a focus on the Saxon Prince.
• A Sailor’s Cribbage Board Recovered from HMS Boxer: This blogs investigates the crib board from HMS Boxer.
• First World War Bravery Awards Following an Attack on the Dover Patrol: The story of eight steam-driven vessels lost in February 1918 after being targeted by a German destroyer raid.
• Newlyn Ordnance and Other Datums: British datums and datums used worldwide.
• Examining the Construction of Brixham Fishing Vessels: Explore how Brixham Fishing Vessels were built!
• Naval Sea Mines to 1919: Find out how naval sea mines were used during the First World War.
• The Figurehead of the SV Dizzy Dunlop: Find out more about the figurehead from SV Dizzy Dunlop, on display at the Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum!
• How tonnage is applied to ships: Learn the meaning of tonnage-related terminology.
• A Christmas party like no other: The stories of Christmas festivities during the Second World War.
• Ships’ Bells and the SV Victor Emmanuel: The role of SV Victor Emmanuel‘s bel.
• An Introduction to Paddle Steamers: This blogs cover the story of paddle steamers and how they were used.
• Top 5 sites: Find out more about five lesser-known maritime archaeology sites, including the Caduceus, Landing Craft Tank 2428, the Fenna, SS Empress Queen, the Smyrna.

Crosswords

Have fun solving these maritime-themed crosswords!

• MAT’s Maritime-Themed Crossword
• MAT’s Second Maritime Themed Crossword
• MAT’s Third Maritime Themed Crossword
• MAT’s Fourth Maritime Themed Crossword
• Protected Wrecks Themed Crossword: This crossword focuses on examples of Protected Wrecks, Protected Military Remains, Scheduled Monuments, and Marine Protected Areas.
• MAT’s Crossword No. 6
• MAT’s Crossword No. 7: This crossword is linked to the Needles Voyager, part of the Unpath’d Waters project.