Maritime History Conference at Southampton 17-18 April

When

17 April 2026 - 18 April 2026
5:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Where

Avenue campus University of Southampton,
Southampton

Restrictions:
None known.

Cost (members): £44

Cost (non-members): £44

New Researchers in Maritime History Conference is taking place this year on 17-18 April 2026 at the University of Southampton. Organised by the British Commission for Maritime History.   https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/

It starts at 5.30pm on Friday 17 April with a reception and lecture by Dr Craig Lambert and resumes again on Saturday 18 April from 9am to 4.30pm. It costs £44 and booking is via https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-researchers-in-maritime-history-conference-2026-tickets-1984601366110?aff=oddtdtcreator

This annual event which moves to a different British location each year  is a highlight in the maritime history calendar, providing a welcoming space where emerging scholars can present short talks with fresh research and exchange ideas. With sessions spanning naval history, cultural heritage and global maritime networks, the 2026 programme reflects both the depth and diversity of current research in the field.
Highlights include:
⚓ A keynote lecture by Professor Craig Lambert of the University of Southampton
⚓ A rich mix of postgraduate and independent scholar presentations🔗 For more information and to register go to :
  • Practising Taranto: How the Royal Navy developed the air attack on a fleet in harbour
  • Censoring naval mail in World War II: beyond intrusion and control
  • How the Navy made its bed: From Procurement to Production of Hammocks in the Early Eighteenth-Century Royal Navy

  • Looking back to move forward: mobilising cultural heritage in the UK marine fishing industry

  • Love, Loss and Fortitude: The Eyemouth Fishwives and the Berwickshire Fishing Disaster of 1881
  • Maritime Scotland and the Transatlantic Trade: the development of Scotland’s maritime infrastructure through the transatlantic trade, 1690-1750
  • Natural History and Health on the ‘magnetic crusade’ – the British Antarctic Expedition 1839 – 1843
  • Lines of Discovery: Digital Twins, Polar Archives, and the Evolution of RRS Discovery
  • Titanic Myths: What the Records Really Reveal
  • The Reality and Myth of British Q-Ships in the First World War: A cultural re-evaluation of effectiveness, impact, and the role of memoirs, myth, and theatre in Britain’s First World War Q-Ship story.
  • An Investigation into the Loss of HMS M2, the Royal Navy’s Only Aircraft-Carrying Submarine
  • Looking back on Foresight: Elizabethan Naval Endeavours Viewed through the Construction and Career of a Notable Sailing Warship
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