View of the Endeavour River. Silentworld Foundation collection SF001479.

Iron ballast from HMB Endeavour

HMB Endeavour runs aground — time to throw some items overboard... On 10 June 1770, HMB Endeavour under the command of Captain James Cook was…


Figure 6: After Treatment, Sword handle. Image: Heather Berry/Silentworld Foundation.

How to clean a sword

The closer you look, the more cleaning you will do... I recently had the wonderful opportunity to carry out some routine cleaning on a dress sword…


THE COLOURS OF WRECKS

A work of fact by: Irini (Renee) Malliaros and Dr James Hunter (ANMM) This past January, a collaborative research team comprising maritime…