maritime

In 1722 Philip Ashton was the 20 year old skipper of a small Marblehead fishing boat. Ashore the New Englanders were under continuous threat from the native Mi’kmaqs; at sea, with all other Atlantic mariners, from a wave of piracy which was perhaps part of the fallout of the end of the War of...

“Whosoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.”Sir Walter Raleigh.Chris Parry is a former RN officer, retiring in 2008 after holding the position of Director General, Developments, Concepts...