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This month’s featured article looks at Robert Jeffery, and eighteen year old Able Seaman abord the brig H.M.S. Recruit, intentionally marooned on the island of Sombrero, Anguilla, by his Captain, The Hon. Warwick Lake, in December 1807.

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Historic Ships

The Society for Nautical Research played a leading role in the preservation of HMS Victory and other historic vessels.

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Call for Papers: Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium 2020

November 2019

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Maritime Art

The Society for Nautical Research helps to purchase important works of art.