Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Hull of Cargo Ship Washed up by Gales on Hemsby Coast! Suggestion that it could be from 1600s or 1700s. Exciting!

The pump recovered from the Mary Rose, presented here as a thread. (Well, it has to be a thread, the blooming thing's over 8.22m (4.49 fathoms) long!)

Wonderful to speak at KCL’s Maritime History Seminar last night. Very much enjoyed the event and catching up with everyone after. Thanks to everyone who attended

Looking forward to speaking on Thursday 16 October at King’s Maritime History Seminars. I will be speaking on 'Religion, Radicalism, and the Late Interregnum Navy'. All welcome. Information below: kcl.ac.uk/events/kings-m…

New article for @ConversationUK - it was great to contribute to this with @clairejowitt

🧱 Great Yarmouth’s Town Wall As part of our heritage campaign, we’ll be taking a closer look at Great Yarmouth’s historic Town Wall. Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing fascinating facts about what makes it so special to our town – and why it deserves to be protected for future generations. ✨ First up: A Guardian of Great Yarmouth The North West Tower is one of the last surviving sentinels of our medieval defences. Built from flint and brick, this 7m-high wall once stretched 2,078m, fortified with 16 towers and around 10 gates. Construction began in 1261 and took an astonishing 111 years to complete. 🚪 The nearby North Gate (demolished in 1807) once welcomed carts and pedestrians from Caister and Norwich. Its façade was decorated with saintly statues – a proud symbol of both faith and civic pride. Although much of the wall nearby was dismantled in the early 19th century, the North West Tower still stands – a powerful reminder of when Great Yarmouth was both a fortress town and a thriving port. 📍 Next time you pass, look closely at the flintwork and imagine the medieval craftsmen who shaped each stone more than seven centuries ago. #TownWallTrail #GreatYarmouthHistory #MedievalWalls #HistoricEngland #RestoringHistory

Archaeologists Unearth Europe’s Oldest Naval Artillery on Sunken Royal Ship scitechdaily.com/archaeologists…

Excited to start writing today my bits of the co-written Introduction, with @BenjaminRedding to our inaugural multidisciplinary @gloucesterwreck edited collection ... Contributors' essays are fab! Out next year with @boydellbrewer ⚓⚓⚓

@clairejowitt @gloucesterwreck @boydellbrewer We’re certainly getting there!!!

A really good day ... 2 chapters arrived today for @BenjaminRedding & my @gloucesterwreck edited collection, to be published next year by @boydellbrewer ... it's got 27 chapters & we'd been waiting on these, so super fab to have them ... (& just 3 more to get in!)🚌🚌

I've got a new article about the failed British invasion of the Netherlands in 1673 on the splendid Heart of Oak website! heart-of-oak.org/2025/07/18/the…

Deadline (August 8th) is looming for this amazing scholarship in Maritime History! See below for more details.

Deadline for applications for this fantastic donor scholarship in Maritime History @UEA_History is 8 August 2025 - please share 📢📢📢

ATTENTION MARITIME HISTORY FANS! The CfP for the Maritime Britain project end of project conference is now live. Check out the poster below and register your interest on Eventbrite in attending and/or giving a paper: eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-bri…

Big news! The Ben Greenstone History Scholarship is available to a home applicant who has applied for a BA History place! In addition to funding, it comes with mentoring and an internship at a London Public Affairs agency. Click below! uea.ac.uk/study/fees-and…

A HUGE shoutout to @LeverhulmeTrust who kindly supported #Gloucester research for the last 4 yrs. Today our final Project Report was submitted with 🙏 for enabling @BenjaminRedding & @clairejowitt to explore this amazing⛵'s full career For project info: gloucestershipwreck.co.uk

🏛 Can you spot the Queen's House in this painting of Greenwich by Dutch artist Hendrick Danckerts from around 1670? 🏛In the distance, the construction of what would later become Greenwich Hospital can be seen. ➡See this artwork on display in the Queen’s House.

We (@BenjaminRedding & Jess Jonson & @justinemann & @clairejowitt) had a fab time @timetidemuseum sharing stories from the #Gloucester with @KTDnorfolk heritage group & learning about what young people are interested in from Great Yarmouth's maritime history. Top snacks too!😋

NEW Hailed as the 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks', a wreck off the coast of Colombia has been theorised to be the lost San José Galleon. The results of a non-invasive study of coins from the wreck are published today in Antiquity, so here's an #AntiquityThread on the findings 1/13 🧵

With a shout out to @gloucesterwreck ...