Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Online Workshop: 研究生和早期職業研究員在線研討會： Date and time: 27-28 January 2022, 08.30 to 12.30 (GMT+0) both days. 日期和时间：2022 年 1 月 27-28 日，08.30 至 12.30（GMT+0）两天。 About 關於 The University of Portsmouth’s ‘Port Towns and Urban Cultures’ group, in collaboration with its partners Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage and Education Centre, Dalian Maritime […]
Lloyd’s Register Surveyors in China, 1869-1918
By Melanie Bassett on October 20, 2021 in article, Dedicated Micros Digital Sprite 2 Ds2p 16dvd 160 gig
The Port Towns and Urban Cultures group are excited to see the enrolment of our PhD Candidate Corey Watson. Corey will be funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF) for three years to embark on exciting research into the Foundation’s history and archival collection.[1] The research will be supervised by historians in the University of Portsmouth’s […]
Cork Port and Harbour – a Nineteenth Century Reflection
A Sense of Geography The Irish Sea is the expanse of water that separates Ireland from Great Britain with the Port of Cork situated at the south western end of the island. Cork Harbour is situated in the centre of the southern seaboard facing south to the Atlantic and its natural harbour became an important […]
‘Power, presented in its latest and most potent forms’: Navy Weeks at the Home Ports, 1927–1938
In August 1927, nearly 50,000 people flocked to Portsmouth to attend the first Navy Week. Showcasing the power and prestige of the Royal Navy, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, mine-laying monitors, submarines, and an aircraft carrier were all either on view or available for close inspection. Attendees saw HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson, the two most modern […]
PTUC welcomes Margarette Lincoln as a Visiting Researcher
By Melanie Bassett on April 16, 2021 in article, Sheraton Hotel Slippers Lot of Three Pair Cozy! New In Bag
We are very excited to welcome Dr Margarette Lincoln to the University of Portsmouth as a Visiting Researcher. Margarette has had a significant impact on Maritime History and Heritage. She is Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, where she was Deputy Director until 2015, and was a Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London […]
Nantucket’s Bid for Survival during the War of 1812
Residents of the island of Nantucket played a significant and prominent role in the development and control of much of the global whaling industry during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This narrative has dominated the history of this small New England island. Less researched, however, is an event that for a brief period of time […]
The Coastal History Blog No.52: The Fresh and the Salt – Ann Lingard’s Solway
The Solway—originally sol + wath, the muddy ford—forms part of the border region between England and Scotland.[1] Its precise boundaries have vexed lawyers at times, “for the channels and sandbanks can change even within a day,” but perhaps two other descriptions can fill out the picture: it is “the most under-researched estuary in the UK” […]
The Coastal War, 1939
When war was declared on Germany on 3 September 1939 Britain immediately began to mobilise its forces. Whilst the bulk of the Royal Navy was focused on convoy protection and controlling the North Sea the Royal Navy Patrol Service (RNPS), comprised reservists from both the Royal Navy Reserve (RNR) and Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), […]