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Black Tot Day - 31 July
31 July marks the anniversary of Black Tot Day - the day when sailors in the Royal Navy were issued with their...
Classic Boat - December 2019
Beken of Cowes Calendars - Objects of Desire
All at Sea - November 2019
All at Sea Christmas Gift Guide
The Metro - August 2019
Our Riviera Clock has featured in an article within The Metro
All at Sea - December 2018
Our Submariner Sweaters feature in All at Sea - Britain's Most Read Waterfront Newspaper
All at Sea - November 2018
Some Christmas gift buying ideas from All at Sea - Britain's Most Read Waterfront Newspaper
Country Homes & Interiors - July 2018
We're delighted that Country Homes & Interiors Magazine featured these products in their July 2018 issue
All at Sea - June 2018
We're delighted that All at Sea Magazine featured these products in their June 2018 issue
Trafalgar Day - 21 October
Commemorate the historic victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, over the com...
Peg Legs, Parrots and Pieces of Eight
You hear it on the news every once in a while. Reports of piracy, usually around the Horn of Africa and the So...
Above us the Waves
Sailors used to call them the 'sardines' revenge': lots of men packed into a tin and covered with oil.
Treasures of the Tek Sing (True Star)
Shipwreck Tragedy - Antique treasure you can buy
Alfred The Great and Charles II
Sticklers for detail insist: it's the Royal Navy - not the British Navy, as the media often describe it...
Sailing into the Sunset
From the fjords to Newfoundland by longship
Sunstone - the secret to Viking Navigation
Norse legends about a crystal with mystical powers. It sounds like a New Age fantasy...
The Nauticalia Raft Race
This year we celebrate the 33rd annual Nauticalia Raft Race, on the Thames at Shepperton. Find out how to ente...
Help Preserve Classic Naval Aircraft
Over the years, Nauticalia customers have raised more than £100,000 to support maritime and heritage charities...
Arthur Ransome - Swallows & Amazons
At the age of forty-five, Arthur Ransome re-invented himself. And it's the later Ransome that most of us know ...
Nauticalia Ferry Continues 500 Year-old Service
The Nauticalia Ferry continues a service that has operated from Shepperton for around 500 years, and enables p...
The Narrow Boat Trust
Over the last few years, Nauticalia customers have raised almost £100,000 to support maritime charities such a...
Help Support Jubilee Sailing Trust
Over the last few years, Nauticalia customers have raised almost £100,000 to support maritime charities such a...
Timekeeping
'The seven forty-three fast train to Victoria is running approximately seven minutes late...
Weather Forecasting
"I get all the news I need from the weather report," sang Paul Simon in his 1970s hit The Only Livin' Boy in N...
Appeal of Bells
Police cars, ambulances and fire engines all used to have them. Ships still do - at least those in service wit...
Telescopes
'The camera cannot lie...' Whoever coined that expression knew precious little about photography - or human na...
Henry Blogg - 'The Greatest of the Lifeboatmen'
873 People Owed their Lives to 'The Greatest of the Lifeboatmen'. The Gold Medal is the RNLI's highest award f...
Supporting Mercy Ships
Thanks to the generosity of our customers, we were proud to present Mercy Ships with a cheque for £3,250 recen...
An introduction to the origins and use of the Sextant
'Does anyone have the faintest idea where we are?'...is not a question you want to hear from the skipper, helm...
Naval Origins of Our Nautical Clothing
'Ready for inspection' Try to imagine. You pull alongside a British man 'o war. She's sleek, formidably effici...
Astronomy Telescope Buying Guide
You don't need to go far to learn more about the universe - with clear skies, you can observe the moon, stars,...
Nauticalia Supports The Sailors' Society
In previous years, Nauticalia customers have generously helped raise more than £85,000 for nautical charities ...
Nauticalia customers help to save Dunkirk Little Ships
Jerry Lewis, Trustee of the Dunkirk Little Ships Restoration Trust (DLSRT), accepted a cheque from Nauticalia ...
How to Set up and Read your Barometer
We’re often asked by our customers how to set up a new barometer so that they can create their own weather for...
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