I wonder if anyone has drawings/details of the coke powered Brown Caloric engine? There were two fitted to LV50 in 1879, purchased from New York to provide compressed air for the siren fog horns. Many ...

This painting by the Flemish marine artist Andries Van Eertvelt (1590-1652) shows the Santa Maria, the flagship of Christopher Columbus at anchor in 1492. Painting more than a century after the event, ...

The Research and Programmes Committee’s function is to lead encouragement of nautical research and education. Grant Funding for Research Projects 2021-2022. One of the main elements of the SNR ...

This painting of the Battle of the Texel (1673) was made by Willem van Der Velde the Younger, an extremely gifted painter of maritime scenes (1633-1707) and the son of Willem Van Der Velde (1610-1693) ...

How can the past inform our responses to contemporary maritime challenges? The first decades of the nineteenth century saw enormous technological change in the maritime industry, with the development ...

I've received this from Stephen Glynn in the US who suggests an interesting resource for those interested in anti-slavery patrols: I absolutely love listening to your podcasts, and I have especially ...

Hondius was a Flemish and Dutch cartographer particularly well known for his maps of the New World and Europe. This portrait was engraved during his residency in London from 1584, made to celebrate ...

The society maintains close relations with a number of other institutions and organisations in the field of maritime heritage. We maintain close relations with the National Maritime Museum and the ...

The Gloucester Project is pleased to announce the inaugural conference ‘The Life, Times, and Heritage Futures of the Gloucester’ to be held at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery on Friday 12 and ...