Howdy, it is another historically informed maritime current events podcast! Or The Bilge Pumps as we three naval geeks of yore call it. As an explanation, well pretty much imagine three naval historians having a chat while carrying out a medieval re-enactment, but without the cool swords or place armor, plus it’s done by Skype and recorded...whilst sitting down.

So what is episode eight all about? Well, primarily it is questions from the listeners, Mark Naoier, Taurevanime, and someone on Discord who then deleted their post! The #Bilgepumps team is being sort of topical, in that there is an issue which has created a lot of tweets lately, namely narco subs and stealth car transporters. We also ask what is the legacy of Mers El Kebir, and finally, what will naval icebreakers be used for in the future?

#Bilgepumps can still call itself a new series and new avenue, although it may no longer have the new car smell, in fact more of pineapple/irn bru smell – but we're getting the impression it's liked, so we’d very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump Crew (with #Bilgepump) Alex @AC_NavalHistory, Drach @Drachinifel & Jamie @Armouredcarrier or comment on our youtube channels.