Society for Nautical Research
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The Society for Nautical Research was founded in 1910 to promote the academic field of maritime history
in the United Kingdom.
The aims of the society are to:
Maritime history
Maritime history is the study of human activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant...
in the United Kingdom.
The aims of the society are to:
- support and encourage research in maritime historyMaritime historyMaritime history is the study of human activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant...
and underwater archaeologyUnderwater archaeologyUnderwater archaeology is archaeology practised underwater. As with all other branches of archaeology it evolved from its roots in pre-history and in the classical era to include sites from the historical and industrial eras...
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- publish the pre-eminent academic journal for maritime historyMaritime historyMaritime history is the study of human activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant...
, The Mariner's MirrorMariner's MirrorThe Mariner's Mirror is the quarterly academic journal of the Society for Nautical Research in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1911 and is abstracted and indexed by Scopus.- Editors :Previous editors-in-chief have been:...
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- sponsor events and conferences
- purchase art and artifacts for the National Maritime MuseumNational Maritime MuseumThe National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world. The historic buildings forming part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, it also incorporates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,...
, which the Society helped to found.
- fund special projects, such as the preservation of HMS VictoryHMS VictoryHMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805....
, one of the original aims of the society at its foundation.
Publications
- Mariner's MirrorMariner's MirrorThe Mariner's Mirror is the quarterly academic journal of the Society for Nautical Research in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1911 and is abstracted and indexed by Scopus.- Editors :Previous editors-in-chief have been:...
(1911- ) - Newsletter