News & Topmasts
10 Facts about the Titanic
This year commemorates the 110th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Here are our top 10 facts about the Titanic to go with our newly-produced video animating a 3D model of the ship built with the ship’s original plans. 1. The Titanic was was the largest moveable man made object on earth. 2. No one had […] Read More
2021/2 Online lectures continue with Second World War Maritime history
SNR Virtual Winter Lecture Series 2021/2 In the latter part of 2021 The Society announced a new series of virtual Winter Lectures, offered exclusively to Full Members of the SNR. This is a trial activity designed to provide members with greater benefits from their membership and it is hoped that we will be able to develop […] Read More
100th Anniversary of the Dry Docking of HMS Victory
Today marks the 100th anniversary that HMS Victory was towed into her dry dock in Portsmouth, the first crucial step in saving her for future generations. Her conservation still continues with a new £35 million conservation project announced today. Launched at the naval dockyard in Chatham in in 1765, Victory enjoyed a remarkable career, most […] Read More
Category: Society News | Historic Ships
Royal Navy Ship Loss Database Launched
A database cataloguing every one of the 5,100 Royal Navy vessel lost in naval service since 1512 is now available to the public. The database has been created by the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust. First created by the Trust in 2011, the list was originally intended to help conservation and legal experts protect Royal Navy […] Read More
Category: Research Resources | Historic Ships | Archaeology
Seminar: ‘The Loss of HMS Captain: The Civil War Origins of the Victorian’s Navy’s Greatest Tragedy’.
The event takes place in Great Scotland Yard, Whitehall (London) on Saturday, 22 January (2022); at the Civil Service Club. From the Trent Affair of 1861 to the Alabama Claims of 1871, the United States posed a powerful new threat to the British Royal Navy both during and after the Civil War. Dr Howard Fuller […] Read More
Category: Events
Anderson Medal 2020 Announced
We are delighted to announce that, out of all the various nominations, the prestigious Anderson Medal, for the best maritime non-fiction book of 2020 has been awarded to Richard Endsor for his book The Master Shipwright’s Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy. The judging panel felt that: ‘This book takes a technical subject […] Read More
National Historic Ships UK Annual Awards
Watch the 2021 Awards Ceremony, filmed at Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Find out who this year’s winners are for the National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition, Marsh Volunteer, Flagships of the Year and Excellence in Maritime Conservation Awards, plus hear from their new Shipshape Network Hubs. There’s also a virtual tour of Boathouse […] Read More
Category: Society News | Events | Historic Ships
SNR Virtual Winter Lecture Series 2021/2 launch: December 8th, Bermuda Dockyard 1795-1950..
SNR Virtual Winter Lecture Series 2021/2 will commence in December The Society is pleased to announce a virtual Winter Lecture series offered exclusively to members of the SNR. This is a trial activity designed to provide you with greater benefit from your membership and it is hoped that we will be able to develop it […] Read More
Category: Events
EXHIBITION: HQS Wellington, The Embankment – South Asian Seafarers: In War and Peace
25 July–31 October 2021, open Sundays and Mondays from 1100–1700 There is still so much that we do not know about the service of South Asian seamen on merchant and naval ships during the First and Second World Wars. Their essential service on passenger liners is also fast fading in popular memory. […] Read More
Category: Events
The Sir Julian Corbett Prize in Modern Naval History
The Sir Julian Corbett Prize is awarded annually by the Academic Trust Funds Committee, on the recommendation of the Institute of Historical Research, to reward original research in the field of modern naval history. It carries a monetary value of £1,000. Eligibility requirements: The Prize is open to all researchers in modern naval […] Read More
Category: Funding
