Captain Hull of Old Ironsides Jumpstarts Portsmouth Shipyard
From battle to a desk job, Isaac Hull changed the War of 1812
Historian Survives the Battle of San Diego Bay
Privateer Lynx and the Californian lock horns in mock combat
Who Needs Another Gundalow?
In 2011 a bold maritime project was about to launch
Why George Savary Wasson Still Matters
Artist, carver, author, boat builder, writer, but Wasson just wanted to be one of the guys
How We Got Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The miraculous new “white bronze” turned out to be a poor investment.
I Crawled Inside the Crumbling Monument
It was a wreck waiting to happen when preservationists stepped up
The First Perilous Voyage of Privateer Lynx
The 80-ton, $3 million ship inched toward the Goose River Bridge, which had collapsed in 1946
Top 10 Seacoast Natural Disasters
Hard weather, pestilence, earthquake, lightning, fire, and more
The Only True Pirate Tale from the Isles of Shoals
JOHN QUELCH: "They should take care how they brought money into New England to be hanged for it."
Portsmouth Tries, Fails at Whaling
Unique research from "Heavy Weather and Hard Luck" by Kenneth Martin
The Perils of Privateer Andrew Sherburne
He went from supporting to whole family to rotting in an English prison camp
