News & Topmasts
SNR & SS Great Britain Conference Programme
The full programme for the joint conference on 6 and 7 September 2019, between S.N.R. and S.S. Great Britain on 6-7 September is now available here. Keynote speakers are Dr Helen Doe, Dr Graeme Milne and Captain Peter King. The nineteenth century was a period of astonishing change in the maritime world. The advent of […] Read More
Category: Society News | Events | Historic Ships
Launch of the Save the London Campaign
The London is a ‘second-rate’ ship from Cromwell’s era, and is identified in Samuel Pepys Diary as part of the fleet that brought Charles II back to England in the 17th Century. Despite her historical significance, her remains are currently lying just off the shipping channel in the River Thames, where the strong tides and […] Read More
Category: Historic Ships | Funding | Archaeology
Connecting the Oceans
A conference under the joint auspices of the SS Great Britain and the Society for Nautical Research, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the SNR co-ordinating her salvage in 1969. The nineteenth century was a period of astonishing change in the maritime world. The advent of steam technology ended the age-old dependence on wind and tide, shortened voyages, ended […] Read More
Category: Society News | Events | Historic Ships | Maritime Heritage
The Samuel Pepys Award 2019
The Trustees of the Samuel Pepys Award Trust invite submissions for the ninth Samuel Pepys Award, to be presented at the annual Pepys Club dinner on Tuesday 12 November 2019. The biennial prize of £2,000 is for a book that, in the opinion of the judges, makes the greatest contribution to the understanding of Samuel […] Read More
Maritime History North Autumn Conference 2019
Maritime History North with their co-sponsors present their Autumn 2019 Conference at The FORUM STUDIO, Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Saturday 28th September 9.30am – 4.00pm WARSHIPS, LINERS, SUBMARINES AND THE MAYFLY AIRSHIP ALL BUILT AT BARROW The Programme Organisers gratefully thank the Supporting Organisations: Society for Nautical Research, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Institution of Engineering […] Read More
Category: Society News | Events
Call for Papers: 7th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology
Call for papers Here is the link for the abstract submission module of the 7th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology IKUWA7, which will be held in Helsinki, Finland 2.-5th of June 2020. Call for papers will be open 1.4.2019 – 28.8.2019 Abstracts for papers and posters may only be submitted online via the submission form. […] Read More
Category: Events | Archaeology
Call for Papers: Navy Records Society Summer Party
This year will see the Navy Records Society’s inaugural summer party where members will get together in a fabulous maritime setting to celebrate the society’s and our members’ achievements over the past year. This year the party will be held on 3 July on board HQS Wellington a historic ship moored on the Embankment in London. […] Read More
Category: Events | Historic Ships
Michael Sissons History Prize
Peters Fraser & Dunlop have announced the Michael Sissons History Prize of £2,000, aimed at academics looking to write their first popular history book who are not yet represented by an agent. The prize will be awarded for the best trade book proposal and may focus on any period of history. The prize aims to […] Read More
Call for Papers: Nautical Archaeology Society Conference 2019
Wooden Wall and Stone Bastions: Ship and Ordnance Remains on Land and Under the Sea The Nautical Archaeology Society and the Ordnance Society are excited to be co-hosting a two-day conference examining how ship and ordnance remains found on land and under the sea help our understanding of our maritime past. The Conference is to […] Read More
Category: Events | Archaeology
Call for Submissions: Trafalgar Chronicle 2020
The next edition of the Trafalgar Chronicle, TC 2020 new series No 5, will be themed on Nelson and the Georgian Navy as portrayed in art, film and literature. For over two decades, the Trafalgar Chronicle has been the flagship scholarly publication of the 1805 Club, with an international membership. The mission of the 1805 […] Read More
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