[2] Adlard Coles Nautical has been part of Bloomsbury Publishing since 2003.

The company was founded by yachtsman Kaines Adlard Coles in 1947.

[3] A & C Black Publishers, which had bought Nautical Books in 1987, acquired the Adlard Coles company in 1990 and merged the two companies into the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint.

[citation needed] In 2000, A & C Black was bought by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and in 2003 the company acquired the Reeds Nautical Almanac.

[4] In September 2014, Bloomsbury bought Conway Publishing and the maritime history list now complements the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint.