Viola is the sole surviving Hull steam trawler from the huge fleet which put 'fish & chips' on Britain's plates more than a hundred years ago. In this account,

This book examines the scale and scope of the largely forgotten role played for the Admiralty by 3000 armed fishing vessels, 39,000 fishermen and many coastal c

This anthology surveys the ecological impacts of the First World War. Editors Richard P. Tucker, Tait Keller, J. R. McNeill, and Martin Schmidt bring together a

This two-volume set documents the essential role of the sea and maritime activity across history, from travel and food production to commerce and conquest. In a

From the first recorded mention of British ships protecting of fishing vessels in the late fourteenth century through to recent controversies over the change in