10 Minutes to Seaward

During the late 1860s HMS Daphne cruised the east coast of Africa hunting slave traders. This is her story. The script and sources can be found on our website

The story of the British consul to Zanzibar, and the time that the Royal Navy defeated pirates attacking Zanzibar.
An annotated script along with all of the sources can be found on the bluejackets website 

The history of the Arab slave trade up to the treaties that created the Moresby Line to limit the Indian Ocean slave trade by preventing the importation of slaves to British controlled areas of India from land ruled by Omani Arabs in East Africa. An annotated script for this talk on the beginning of the Royal Navy's fight against the Arab Slave Trade along with all of the sources can be found on our website.

The Anglo-Zanzibar was so short that the civilians who sought shelter on Royal Navy ships were able to return home in time for lunch. This is how it happened.