This year’s rendition of the Prize Papers Talks is a very special one: we are cooperating with the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven to organise a talk about Ships and Seafaring 1500-1800. Together, we seek to combine perspectives on the written sources of the past with insights into the material world of seafaring - from preserved ships emblematic of maritime heritage, such as the Vasa, the Mary Rose and the Bremen Cog, to artefacts found from the Age of Sail, including Faroe jumpers or coins, as well as personal letters, ships passes and logbooks recovered from Prize Papers collection at The National Archives, UK, and related collections worldwide.