For a long time Portsmouth has been known as a Dockyard town, and indeed until the 1980s, when the last great contraction of the yard took place, this was certa

Ships have histories that are interwoven with the human fabric of the maritime world. In the long nineteenth century these histories revolved around the re-inve

"First published in 2014 by the Penguin Group"--Title page verso.

Despite the port’s prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networ