Wolf packs of 1700
One interesting facet of the navy of the Stuart era is the introduction of convoys with escorts, much like the U-Boats in WW2. Obviously there were no U-Bots but there were privateers and ships with […]
Tag: Dunkirk
Pirates everywhere
I was amused to find that in the years before Elizabeth 1 the Scots had a ‘powerful’ navy. Not so much the Scots, but the people of the West Coast and the Islands, people who […]
Dunkirk
I’ve ordered a copy of Ships of the ’45, which deals especially with the naval ships chasing Bonnie Prince Charlie. Looking into the naval situation during the Stuart kingships in more detail I found Dunkirk […]
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Tagged Convoys, Dunkirk, Escort duty, Finding Historical story lines, Historical fiction