News & Topmasts
H.M.S. Hood’s Bell Recovered From the Seabed
On the 24th of May 1941 H.M.S. Hood, the Royal Navy’s largest warship, in company with the brand new battleship H.M.S. Prince of Wales, intercepted the powerful German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Denmark Strait, beginning one of the most famous naval battles of the Second World War. At 0600, just […] Read More
Category: Historic Ships | Archaeology
August Edition of Topmasts
The August edition of Topmasts is now online with the familiar mix of articles and news. This edition includes articles about the restoration of the Manx yacht Peggy; and a very unusual Naval family; further insight into The Mariner’s Mirror archive; and a report on the North American Society for Oceanic History conference from Monterey, California. […] Read More
Category: Society News
Nelson’s Band of Brothers: Event
To coincide with the recent publication of a bibliographic encyclopaedia of the officers who fought under Nelson’s tactical command at his three great battles: Nelson’s Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials a reunion event for descendants of Nelson’s Band of Brothers is being held at The National Liberal Club in London on 22 September. Also present will […] Read More
Category: Events
Featured Mariner’s Mirror Article: Now Free
The monthly Mariner’s Mirror featured article, advertised on our home page has now been made freely available for non-members to download, through our publishers, Taylor & Francis, increasing the accessibility of top class articles on naval and maritime history to the public. Read More
Category: Society News | Research Resources
Maritime and Ocean Affairs: Free Resource
Routledge publishers have created a Maritime and Ocean Affairs collection, featuring articles that discuss our relationship with the ocean. Routledge explain: ‘Seas and oceans cover 71% of the planet’s surface, and contain 96.5% of its water, so naturally it has taken up an important role in human culture for centuries. Although our understanding of the sea […] Read More
Category: Research Resources
SNR Victory Medal 2014
We are delighted to announce that, at a ceremony on board HMS Victory after this year’s AGM, the Victory Medal for 2014 was awarded to John Kearon for his outstanding contribution to historic vessel preservation in the UK and abroad. John comes from a seafaring family with a long and distinguished association with ships and […] Read More
Category: Society News
The Franklin Expedition and HMS Erebus Artefacts
In 1845 Sir John Franklin set out from London in search of the North West passage and never returned. More than thirty search parties were launched between 1848 and 1859 to find his ships and his men but it was not until September 2014 that the wreck of the Erebus was discovered after a five-year search […] Read More
Category: Historic Ships | Maritime Heritage | Archaeology
Guns from the Sea III – Ordnance Society Conference
The Ordnance Society are delighted to announce their annual conference, to be held Friday 4 & Saturday 5 September 2015 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. This year the conference will include a special guided tour of the Royal Armouries collection at Fort Nelson on Sunday 6 September. ‘Guns from the Sea‘ is an international series of conferences held in […] Read More
Category: Events
The Cunard Line’s 175th Anniversary
The 175th anniversary celebrations of the Cunard Line have been most impressive and have captured the attention and imagination of the public, particularly with the ‘Three Queens’ – the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2 – sailing in convoy up the Mersey. Conscious of the scope and significance of their history, the Cunard Line […] Read More
Category: Events | Maritime Heritage
Maritime East Anglia: Call for Papers
Maritime Heritage East, in collaboration with the History department at the University Campus Suffolk, has announced a call for papers for a one-day conference on Maritime East Anglia—Past, Present, Future to be held on Saturday 21 May 2016 at UCS in Ipswich. The sea and the seaside have long been a defining feature of East […] Read More
Category: Events
