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Our quarterly newsletter TOPMASTS is now available on our website in its new digital format! 🔗 snr.org.uk/topmasts-news/edi…
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Before Trafalgar, HMS Victory helped direct the conquest of Corsica.
In 1794, Hood’s flagship coordinated orders, intelligence and supplies as sailors and soldiers fought ashore.
Discover the battle: youtu.be/JX1_9XhSpQc
#TrafalgarDay #HMSVictory #YouTube #NauticalHistory
Eleven years before Trafalgar, Nelson lost useful sight in his right eye at the siege of Calvi
Discover the Corsican campaign that secured Britain a new Mediterranean base:
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#TrafalgarDay #HoratioNelson #HMSVictory #NavalHistory #MarinersMirrorPodcast
Before Trafalgar: Corsica, 1794 ⚓
British warships failed to silence the Tower of Mortella. Its defence helped inspire Britain’s Martello towers
Explore the campaign in our HMS Victory series:
youtu.be/JX1_9XhSpQc
#TrafalgarDay #HMSVictory #MartelloTowers #MaritimeHistory
Discover ‘The Conquest of Corsica, 1794’, the latest instalment in The Mariner’s Mirror Podcast’s YouTube series on the battles of HMS Victory
Watch the full episode on YouTube buff.ly/cHBl2jY
#HMSVictory #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #MarinersMirrorPodcast
Listen Now! 🎧🗣️Writing Home from Trafalgar: A Sailor’s Extraordinary Story. 6 weeks after Trafalgar, a Welsh sailor aboard HMS Victory wrote home describing the terrifying battle and Nelson’s death. His remarkable letter survives. #Trafalgarday
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Before Trafalgar, HMS Victory helped Britain secure an island. ⚓
Explore the conquest of Corsica in 1794—from the Tower of Mortella to the siege that damaged Nelson’s sight—in our latest video.
Watch: youtu.be/JX1_9XhSpQc
#HMSVictory #NavalHistory
🎧 New episode out now! SS Explorer: The Ship Built to Understand the Sea.
Listen now at snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirr… ⚓
#MarinersMirrorPodcast #SSExplorer #MaritimeHistory #MarineScience #HistoricShips
ALT Illustrated podcast card on a pale blue background. The Mariner’s Mirror Podcast logo appears above the title “SS Explorer: The Ship Built to Understand the Sea” and the words “Listen now on snr.org.uk”. Below, SS Explorer is depicted with a dark hull, orange superstructure and cream masts flying orange flags, surrounded by stylised white waves and seabirds.
A new query about Victory's very dark blue stern post-rebuild on our free forum - can you help? ➡️ snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topic/v…
#Historyforum #nauticalhistory #nauticalresearch #maritimehistory #HMSVictory
Could a ship be put under strain by the very engines powering it? ⚙️🚢 - YouTube youtube.com/shorts/31gBlKlRd…
What can one 1889 drawing tell us about building a safer steamship? 📐🚢 #Engineering #Shipbuilding - YouTube youtube.com/shorts/AX8-S7PYY…
Why could a steamship’s own engines strain its hull? ⚙️ - YouTube youtube.com/shorts/7cnUob4R4…
A new query on our free forum- can you help?! snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topic/s…
#nauticalresearch #historyforum #SocietyForNauticalResearch
Discover the original documents behind our latest #YouTube production,
'Plan of Section & Elevation Through Engine & Boiler Space for Federal, 11th December 1889', in the Lloyd's Register Foundation Archive
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#LloydsRegister #nauticalresearch #SNR
Join the joint Shipshape Network North Hub event, in partnership with the Windermere Jetty Museum, at National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port, on Thursday 29th October, 10am-4pm.
Buy Shipshape Network North Hub Tickets online - Canal & River Trust - canalrivertrust.digitickets.…
How could a steamship’s engines put its hull under strain?
An 1899 Lloyd’s Register drawing shows how shipbuilders reinforced machinery spaces as steam power altered ship demands. Watch on YouTube now: youtu.be/2_1V_NgMA6s
#MaritimeHistory #MarineEngineering #Shipbuilding
A few moments from our day recording in Ramsgate ⚓
Listen to The Ports That Made Britain: Ramsgate: snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirr…
#HeritageHarbours #Ramsgate #MaritimeHistory #TheMarinersMirrorPodcast #LivingHeritage #dunkirksmallboats #nationalhistoricships
ALT Five people pose on a pontoon beside a wooden cabin boat, with Ramsgate Harbour’s waterfront buildings behind them.
ALT A man and a young girl stand beside the bow of Naiad Errant in Ramsgate Harbour.
ALT Inside the boat’s cabin, a man holds a recording microphone towards a young girl during a conversation with two other adults.
*THIS THURSDAY!*
🎟️ Book now for the 'Your Vessel; Their Future' webinar
Join the Maritime Heritage Trust online to explore how historic vessels inspire the next generation - and where to start when working with schools or youth groups!
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⚓ This month's featured maritime artwork is The Jolly Bachelor and the ‘Piratical Proas’ at Datto Point, 1843 a hand-coloured lithograph by Dickinson & Sons after Lieutenant James Hunt
Read more: snr.org.uk/heritage/maritime…
#MaritimeArt #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #NauticalArt
