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The Mariner's Mirror Podcast — 277 episodes

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1

The Spanish Inquisition Vs English Mariners

2

Secret Warriors: British Submarines in the Cold War

3

Rebellion at Sea: The Great Naval Mutinies of 1797

4

'Supposed Killed or Drowned': The Lost Women of the Merchant Navy in WW1 and WW2

5

The Naval Fiction Interviews: Chris Durbin, Edward Carlisle and George Holbrooke

6

The Naval Fiction Interviews: Philip K. Allan and Alexander Clay

7

Spies in the Shipyard: Espionage and the Rise of Spain’s 18th-Century Navy

8

Founding an Empire: Maritime Glasgow and the Clan Line

9

From Merchant Navy to Drug Kingpin: The Inventor of the Drug Mothership

10

From Glasgow to the Cape: The Ships of the Clan Line

11

Murder, Modern Literature, and the Great Ocean Liner

12

To The Edge of the World: One woman. One ship. One astonishing true story.

13

The Glenlee: A Survivor of the Seven Seas

14

The Naval Fiction Interviews: Katie Daysh, Hiram Nightingale and Arthur Courtney

15

For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions Through Arctic Lands 1818-1876

16

The Naval Fiction Interviews: Patrick O'Brian, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin

17

The Naval Fiction Interviews: David Davies and Matthew Quinton

18

The Naval Fiction Interviews: Julian Stockwin and Thomas Kydd

19

A Corsair's Meal: Maritime Malta 5

20

Island Fortress - Malta in World War 2: Maritime Malta 4

21

Seapower and The Knights of St John: Maritime Malta 3

22

Shipwrecks of Malta: Maritime Malta 2

23

Valletta's Grand Harbour and the Rolex Middle Sea Race: Maritime Malta 1

24

The Frozen Frontier: The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-04

25

HMS Victory's Conservation

26

Where Nelson Died

27

Lifeboats and Lessons: Memories of Safety at Sea

28

No More Napoleons: Britain and the Balance of Power

29

In Search of the Clan Line Sailors

30

Ocean Empire: The Clan Line Legacy

31

Nazi Midget Submarine: Seehund

32

Seapower Past & Present 7: South China

33

Who Should We Rescue? The Morals of Maritime Emergency

34

Mapping the Atlantic: The Meteor Expedition, 1925

35

Tales from the Cinque Ports: New Romney

36

Seapower Past & Present 6: Black Sea

37

Sir John Ross's Arctic Exploration Ships

38

Seapower Past & Present 5: Technology

39

Seapower Past & Present 4: Middle East

40

The Last Seagoing Paddle Steamer: PS Waverley

41

Tales from the Cinque Ports: Tenterden

42

Seapower Past & Present 3: The Arctic

43

Seapower Past & Present 2: Critical National Infrastructure

44

Seapower Past & Present 1: Economic Warfare

45

Tales From the Cinque Ports: Faversham

46

The Bremen Cog: Maritime Germany 2

47

The Cinque Ports

48

The Ocean and Us: Maritime Germany 1

49

The Ship That Changed Shipbuilding: ss Fullagar

50

I Sank the Lusitania: The War Diary of Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger, May 1915, Commander, U-20, 1915

51

How to Catch a Murderer At Sea: Dr Crippen and the SS Montrose

52

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of the Nile, 1798

53

Predator of the Seas: The Slaveship That Fought for Emancipation

54

Kidnapped at Sea: The Tragic Story of David Henry White in the American Civil War

55

Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners

56

Indian Figureheads From the Royal Navy's Bombay Dockyard

57

European Ship Surveyors in China, 1869-1918

58

The Last Shantyman: The Remarkable Maritime Life of Stan Hugill

59

Merchants, Trawlers and Whalers: The Maritime History of Hull

60

The Royal Navy in the Cold War

61

The Amazing History of Icebreakers

62

Nelson's Pathfinders: A Forgotten Story in the Triumph of British Sea Power

63

Black Mariners in the Royal Navy

64

The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of Global Sea Trade

65

Portsmouth Historic Quarter and the SHE_SEES Exhibition

66

Eyewitness: Captain Avery and the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates

67

Finmen: The Inuit Who Paddled 1200 Miles

68

Lifesavers: How Conflict Innovation Can Build a Better World

69

King of the Beggars: The Extraordinary Life of Billy Waters

70

My Yacht Was Sunk by Killer Whales

71

Shipwreck Survivors

72

Sea Monsters Part 2: The Eyewitness Accounts

73

Sea Monsters Part 1: The Analysis

74

WW2 Battle Convoy: HG-76

75

Smugglers, Pirates and Terrorists: Maritime Crime and Security

76

The Dreadnought Hoax

77

Vrak - The Museum of Wrecks, Stockholm.

78

The First Naval Architect: Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721-1808)

79

Sweden's National Maritime Museum

80

The Vikings in Arab Lands

81

Swedish Naval Power 1500-present

82

Nelson and the Walrus

83

Great Maritime Innovations 2: Sea Charts

84

Great Maritime Innovations 1: The Stockless Anchor

85

Freak Ships of the Nineteenth Century: SS Bessemer

86

Filming The World's Best Ship Models: Stockholm

87

The Royal Navy at the time of the Great Fire of London

88

Maritime Scarborough

89

The Titanic Inquiry 5: Annie Robinson

90

The Titanic Inquiry 4: Charles Lightoller

91

Great Sea Fights 11: Leyte Gulf

92

Admiral Lord Nelson, Trafalgar and Heroic Death at Sea

93

The Titanic Inquiry 3: Fred Barrett

94

The Titanic Inquiry 2: Lady Duff-Gordon

95

The Titanic Inquiry 1: Introduction

96

The Rules and Regulations for Composite Ships

97

The Maritime Silk Road

98

Women Shipbuilders on the Clyde and Tyne

99

'SHE_SEES': Women in Maritime 2

100

Rewriting Women into Maritime History

101

HMS Poseidon: China's Secret Salvage of Britain's Lost Submarine

102

The Six: The Chinese Survivors of the Titanic Disaster

103

The Maze Collection of Chinese Junks

104

The Chinese Shipwrecks of South East Asia

105

Zheng He and the Chinese Treasure Fleets

106

HMS Captain: Victorian Catastrophe

107

A Bronze Age Maritime Treasure: The Uluburun Ship

108

Castaways

109

Aborigines and the Sea

110

The First Cricket Tour to Australia and the ss Great Britain

111

The Pearling Lugger Penguin

112

The Brisbane Dry Dock

113

Queensland Maritime Museum

114

The Hunt for Bismarck

115

Elizabeth II's Navy 1952-2022

116

Essex Heritage Work Boats

117

The Last Convict Ship: The Edwin Fox

118

Death at Sea

119

Mary Celeste: The Mystery Explained

120

Mozambique Island: Maritime Africa 6

121

Ship-Model Maker Extraordinaire: Gerry Westenberg

122

William Dampier and HMS Roebuck

123

The Duyfken

124

The Dutch Discovery of Australia

125

Maritime Special Forces 2: Combat Divers

126

Maritime Special Forces 1: The SBS

127

Navigation in the Middle Ages

128

The Maritime History of Time

129

When Hitler Scrapped His Navy

130

Maritime Disasters: HMS Gloucester

131

Fishermen Vs U-Boats

132

Shipbuilding at Barrow-in-Furness

133

Iconic Ships 19: HMS Agamemnon - Nelson's Favourite Ship

134

Maritime Africa 5: The World Heritage Sites of Songo Mnara and Kilwa Kisiwani

135

Maritime Africa 4: The Swahili Coast

136

Victory at Sea in WW2

137

Freak Ships of the Nineteenth Century IV: The Cleopatra

138

How to Map the Ocean Floor: The Challenger Expedition 1872-1876

139

Freak Ships of the Nineteenth Century III: Cigar Ships

140

Maritime Africa 3: African Whaling

141

Maritime Africa 2: The Skeleton Coast of Namibia

142

Iconic Ships 19: Preussen

143

Maritime Africa: African Canoemen

144

HMS Victory - An Audio Tour Part 3: The Weather Deck and Visitor Book

145

HMS Victory - An Audio Tour Part 2: The Gundecks

146

HMS Victory - An Audio Tour Part 1: The Hold

147

Fishwives!

148

Maritime Disasters: SS Waratah - The Ship That Disappeared

149

Great Sea Fights 10: Salamis

150

The Magellan Myth Uncovered

151

Freak Ships of the Nineteenth Century II: Circular Ships

152

Freak Ships of the Nineteenth Century I: Monitors

153

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner II: The Lessons From The Past

154

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

155

The Golden Age of Piracy

156

Maritime Disasters: Vasa

157

Maritime Disasters: HMS Guardian

158

The H.L. Hunley

159

The Wreck of the Andrea Doria Part 3: The Wreck

160

The Wreck of the Andrea Doria Part 2: The Eyewitness Accounts

161

The Wreck of the Andrea Doria Part 1: The Events

162

Iconic Ships 18: Sutton Hoo

163

Iconic Ships 17: Henry V's Grace Dieu

164

Iconic Ships 16: SS United States

165

Maritime Innovation 1: The Propeller

166

Maritime Motherhood Part 2: Hannah Davison's Scrapbook

167

Maritime Motherhood Part 1: The Davison Family and the Alice A. Leigh/Rewa

168

Dressed to Kill: A History of Naval Uniform

169

Maritime Disasters: Empress of Ireland

170

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Solebay, 1672

171

The U-Boat War: 1939-1945

172

The Feejee Mermaid

173

Mermaids and Sirens

174

The Lusitania Disaster: Part 4 The Exhibition

175

The Lusitania Disaster: Part 3 The Ship and the Sinking

176

The Lusitania Disaster: Part 2 The Eyewitness Accounts

177

The Lusitania Disaster: Part 1 An Introduction to the Eyewitness Accounts

178

Ultimate Ship Models 2: The Great Eastern

179

Robinson Crusoe / Alexander Selkirk

180

Iconic Ships 15: Carpathia

181

Titanic's Anchors

182

The Search for the Northwest Passage

183

Madness At Sea - A History

184

Ultimate Ship Models 1: HMS Royal George

185

Iconic Ships 14: The San Juan, 1563

186

Great Sea Fights 9: The Egadi Islands 241 BC

187

The Vikings

188

The East India Company

189

The Hunt for Shackleton's Endurance

190

The Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942

191

How to Become a Naval Officer: Part 1 The U.S. Naval War College, Rhode Island

192

The Titanic

193

The UK's Historic Ships and HMS Medusa

194

Pearl Harbor

195

Iconic Ships 13: Thermopylae

196

Iconic Ships 12: HMS Barham

197

The Maritime History of Wales 5: The Welsh U-Boat Project 1914-1918

198

The Maritime History of Wales 4: Locating Welsh Shipwrecks

199

The Maritime History of Wales 3: The Bronze Bell Wreck

200

The Maritime History of Wales 2: The Newport Medieval Ship

201

The Maritime History of Wales 1: The Porth Felen Anchor Stock

202

Coffin Ships and The Plimsoll Line

203

Iconic Ships 11: HMS Warrior

204

The Battle of Trafalgar Special, Part III: HMS Pickle

205

The Battle of Trafalgar Special, Part II: Nelson's Wounds

206

The Battle of Trafalgar Special, Part I: The Eyewitness Accounts

207

Iconic Ships 10: Ark Royal

208

How to Drive an Aircraft Carrier

209

The Maritime History of World War 2

210

Iconic Ships 9: RMS Mauretania

211

Iconic Ships 8: The SS Great Britain

212

Ships' Figureheads Revealed

213

Is Britain still a Global Power?

214

The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin

215

The Sunken Archaeology of Malta and the Virtual Museum 'Underwater Malta'

216

Great Sea Fights 6: USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere 1812. Part 4 - The Single Ship Actions of 1812

217

Great Sea Fights 6: USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere 1812. Part 3 - Inside the US Navy

218

Great Sea Fights 6: USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere 1812. Part 2 - The Eyewitness Accounts

219

Great Sea Fights 6: USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere 1812. Part 1 The Events

220

Great Sea Fights 5: A Tudor Battle, 1512 Part III: How to Recreate a Medieval Sea Battle

221

Great Sea Fights 5: A Tudor Battle, 1512 Part II: The Contemporary Accounts

222

Great Sea Fights 5: A Tudor Battle in the Reign of Henry VIII, 10 August, 1512.

223

Maritime Scotland 3: A Blockade Runner from Fife in the American Civil War

224

Maritime Scotland 2: The Forgotten Shipbuilders of Leith

225

Maritime Scotland 1: The WW2 Midget Submarines of Aberlady Bay

226

The Oldest Canal in Britain? The Exeter Ship Canal

227

Iconic Ships 7: The Billy Ruffian - HMS Bellerophon

228

Iconic Ships 6: USS Constitution

229

Iconic Ships 5: HMS Belfast

230

The 'Sunken Library': An extraordinary collection of books found in a 17th century shipwreck

231

Maritime Archives Masterclass

232

The Forgotten Music of the Arctic Whalers

233

Iconic Ships 4: The Cutty Sark

234

The Lost Fishing Village of Hallsands

235

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 Part 3 - The British Accounts

236

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 Part 2 - The German Accounts

237

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 Part 1 - The Events

238

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Tsushima, 1905 Part 3 – The Japanese Perspective

239

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Tsushima, 1905 Part 2 - The Russian Perspective

240

Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Tsushima, 1905 Part 1

241

The Evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940

242

Iconic Ships 3: HMS Hood

243

Amphibious Operations

244

The Wonderful World of Ships' Cats, Dogs and Birds: The Museum of Maritime Pets

245

The Nanggala Submarine Disaster and the K-Class Submarines of the First World War

246

Ghost Ships of the Dart: The Wreck of the Fever Ship Mayfly

247

Freed from the Ice: The Last Entry of the Logbook of the Whaler Swan

248

Iconic Ships 2: The Mayflower

249

Iconic Ships 1: The Mary Rose

250

The Terror

251

The Falklands Sinkings: The Untold Story

252

The Channel with Charlie Connelly

253

How to Remember Captain Cook

254

'Titanic in Miniature' - The Wonderful ss Shieldhall

255

Navigation Masterclass: Secrets of the South Pacific Wave Pilots

256

Sea Shanties and The Wellerman.

257

Steamboat Excursions on the Hudson for Chinese Americans, 1883.

258

Great Sea Fights: Cape St Vincent (1797) Part 3 - The Spanish View

259

Great Sea Fights: Cape St Vincent (1797) Part 2 - The Analysis

260

Great Sea Fights: Cape St Vincent (1797) Part 1 - The Events

261

The Most Important Book in Maritime History? Lloyd's Register

262

Trafalgar Battle Surgeon: William Beatty

263

The Medical Chest that Belonged to Nelson's Surgeon

264

The Royal Navy's Bloodiest Mutiny: Murder and Mayhem on HMS Hermione

265

The Challenges and Rewards of Maritime History

266

Africans in Tudor and Stuart Port Towns

267

Great Sea Fights: The River Plate Part 3 - Analysis

268

Great Sea Fights: The River Plate Part 2 – The Sinking of the Graf Spee

269

Great Sea Fights: The River Plate Part 1 - The Dispatches

270

How to map climate change with 200 year-old ships' logbooks

271

The National Maritime Museum's new photography exhibition - 'Exposure: Lives at Sea'

272

English History's Most Significant Shipwreck

273

Lost Maps of the Spanish Armada

274

The Hudson River Maritime Museum

275

Turner's Amazing Maritime Art

276

HMS Victory and the Battle of Trafalgar

277

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