The Through Mighty Seas website covers the maritime history of the merchant sailing ships of the North West of England and the Isle of Man, through the period from the late 1700's until the First World War. There are histories of more than 1100 ships, indexed by region, and over 140 historic photographs.

The history covers the area from Lancaster to the S of Morecambe Bay, and the Cumbrian coast to the Solway Firth, and includes the Isle of Man. The main content is individual ship histories, but also included is information on shipbuilders, shipyards, lifeboats, sea captains and mariners, shipping lines and other maritime history information. The site deals only with merchant sailing ships, but there are links (below) to other sites covering steamships and the Royal Navy.

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LETTERS OF MARQUE : Thetis, Lancaster, Paragon TEA CLIPPERS : Belted Will, Confucius, Scawfell, Whinfell, Corea EMIGRANT SHIPS : Carricks, Western Monarch, Hibernia INDIAMEN : Floraville, Bowfell, Raj Mahal, Clymene, Burdwan  Q-SHIP : Q-23  COASTING SCHOONERS : James Postlethwaite, Elizabeth Barrow, Mary Ashburner  DEEPWATER SCHOONERS : Mary Barrow, William Ashburner MORECAMBE BAY YACHT : Rose IRON FULL-RIGGED SHIPS & BARQUES: Grassendale, Mallsgate, Eusemere, Andelana  MODERN SURVIVORS : Result, Dunboyne, Euterpe  SHIPWRECK TRAGEDIES: Hannah, Moresby, Mary, Robert, Tampico  LIFEBOAT RESCUES & HEROISM : Manley, Elephant, Dove,  Mary Stoddart, JW Wearing, Bessie Arnold  CREW LISTS: Eliza Bond