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The Society for Nautical Research is the world’s oldest society dedicated to the study and preservation of maritime heritage. It publishes The Mariner’s Mirror, the world’s leading journal of naval and maritime history.

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For the impending 30th anniversary of her return to Portsmouth, this month’s free, featured article looks at Britain’s first ironclad, H.M.S. Warrior and her sister ship H.M.S. Black Prince.

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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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Appeal to Save Historic WW2 Coastal Motor Boat CMB 331

May 2017

  CMB 331 is the last surviving Thornycroft 55-foot Coastal Motor Boat. These innovative craft were designed during the First World War, following a suggestion by three junior officers that small, fast torpedo-carrying craft might be able to pass over German minefields and attack the High Seas Fleet at its base in Wilhelmshaven. Designed by […] Read More

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Maritime Art

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