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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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"A plume of vapour rises dramatically from the deck of this ship, disappearing into the sky ... it tells a story of invisible danger." - a 1898 blueprint reveals the hidden engineering of ventilation
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#History #MaritimeHistory #ShipVentilation #Mariners
Fresh air in. Dangerous fumes out.
Explore ship ventilation in our animated nautical infrastructure series, produced with Lloyd’s Register Foundation. 📽️ youtube.com/shorts/tbrryuHvh…
#MarineEngineering #MaritimeHistory #historyshorts #nauticalhistory
Invisible dangers below decks: why ship ventilation matters.
From our animated nautical infrastructure series, produced with Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
Watch the full video on YouTube now : youtu.be/D4dzWmDiBSA
#MaritimeHistory #MarineEngineering #MaritimeSafety
📢 How does a ship breathe? ⚓
An 1898 blueprint reveals the hidden engineering of ventilation. Explore it in our animation with Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/D4dzWmDiBSA
#MaritimeHistory #MarineEngineering #MaritimeSafety #HistoryShorts
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A huge privilege to represent @NauticalHistory at @RMGreenwich to celebrate their new acquistion of HMS Beagle's chronometer 1042 which sailed with Darwin on historic 2nd voyage 1831-6 & was used to calculate longitude! Now on display & saved for the nation! ⏱️
How does a ship breathe? ⚓
Our new animation with Lloyd’s Register Foundation brings an 1898 ventilation plan to life, exploring how engineers managed heat, fumes and airflow below decks.
Watch: youtu.be/D4dzWmDiBSA
#MaritimeHistory #MarineEngineering #SNR #YouTube @LRFHC
How did Titanic change safety at sea?
Sam Willis joins Louise Sanger of Lloyd's Register Foundation @LRFHC to explore the disaster’s lasting legacy in our latest podcast.
🎧 snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirr…
#Titanic #MaritimeHistory #NauticalHistory #HistoryPodcast
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
