12 February 2019
There were two leading Ship Agents operating in the town during Falmouth’s heyday in the C19: Fox’s and Broad’s. These companies provided services to ship owners […]
20 November 2018
Edward Lawrance was the commander of the Anna Teresa packet which left Falmouth for the Caribbean on 9 June 1776. He kept a journal which was […]
30 October 2018
Falmouth may have been the first and last major port to the west and a ‘safe anchorage’ in a storm but it was not ideal, especially […]
21 August 2018
We have added a new section which contains a transcription of the diaries of Walter Benson Hunkin, originally of Mevagissey in Cornwall. He served aboard the last […]
21 August 2018
As well as re-presenting Maritime Views we have taken the opportunity to add some more material for some of our existing stories. One of these is […]
8 July 2018
The transfer of data from the old website to this one has been a massive (manual) effort. Although we have tried hard to re-edit everything, we […]
26 June 2018
We are sailing … again. Our previous site has been causing all sorts of problems recently and so we have been back to the starting line […]
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12 February 2019
There were two leading Ship Agents operating in the town during Falmouth’s heyday in the C19: Fox’s and Broad’s. These companies provided services to ship owners […]
20 November 2018
Edward Lawrance was the commander of the Anna Teresa packet which left Falmouth for the Caribbean on 9 June 1776. He kept a journal which was […]
30 October 2018
Falmouth may have been the first and last major port to the west and a ‘safe anchorage’ in a storm but it was not ideal, especially […]
21 August 2018
We have added a new section which contains a transcription of the diaries of Walter Benson Hunkin, originally of Mevagissey in Cornwall. He served aboard the last […]
21 August 2018
As well as re-presenting Maritime Views we have taken the opportunity to add some more material for some of our existing stories. One of these is […]
8 July 2018
The transfer of data from the old website to this one has been a massive (manual) effort. Although we have tried hard to re-edit everything, we […]
26 June 2018
We are sailing … again. Our previous site has been causing all sorts of problems recently and so we have been back to the starting line […]