General HNF Information
This section of the site is for various information related to historic naval fiction that may be of interest to the readers of these novels.
This includes:
- A Brief History of Naval Fiction set in the Age of Sail
- Short Stories and Anthologies
- Companion Books written to accompany fiction series and author biographies
- Reviews of HNF books by Astrodene and forum members
- Astrodene's historic naval fiction blog which includes author interviews
- Films and videos relating to the age of sail
- The major fleet actions of the age of sail
- An old naval pictures gallery
- A photo gallery of some of the places featured in the books
- Images of Famous Officers that often feature in novels
- This Day in Naval History. What was happening in the world of the sailing navies
- Naval Facts including:
- Admiral’s rank and the Squadron and ensign system of Nelson’s navy
- Full text of the Articles of War
- Firing a Cannon
- A history of the Letter of Marque
- An explanation of Ranks & Duties
- An explanation of using the lead to take soundings
- An explanation of the rating system for ships
- An explanation of the watch system
- An explanation of weighing anchor
- Links to the Naval Chronicle online
- A channel for HNF and Tall Ship related videos
- A Naval Fiction Glossary and Maritime Glossaries (provided courtesy of Paul Keene)
- Pages of useful links