National Park Service and Royal Navy Agree to Protect 18th-Century Shipwreck

I love it when my worlds collide in stories like this. The National Park Service announced today that it will protect an 18th-century British warship that sank near present-day Miami, under the terms of an international memorandum signed with the Royal Navy. HMS Fowey, a frigate carrying 20 guns, launched from the British port of …

New Article: Historic Whaleship Rides Again

Attention maritime history nerds: my new article on the historic relaunch of the Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial vessel still afloat, is posted at CoastalCommons.net. This story encompasses two spheres near to my heart, whaling history and environmental conservation, and proves that they aren’t mutually exclusive. Though I couldn’t attend the relaunch ceremony at …