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Society for Nautical Research

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Earl Stanhope DSO, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral Sir George P.W. Hope, Chairman of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research, Sir Lionel Earle KCB KCVO, Secretary of the Office of Works, Mr Roger C. Anderson, FS A, Member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research, Prof Geoffrey Callender, FSA, Royal Naval College Greenwich.
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This enabled the funds raised by public subscription to be used to establish the Macpherson Collection Endowment Fund, which purchases art, prints and drawings for the nation, which are held in the National Maritime Museum. The Macpherson Collection Endowment Fund is administered by the Society.
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It having become necessary for a body of trustees to be appointed to take charge of the interests and property of the National Naval and Nautical Museum which is eventually to be accommodated in the Queen's House at Greenwich, The First Lord of the Admiralty has obtained consent of the following,
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Sextants at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Mariner's Quadrants, Mariner's Astrolabes, Cross-staffs, Backstaffs, Octants, Sextants, Quintants, Reflecting Circles and Artificial Horizons in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Richard Dunn, OUP Oxford, 2009, 0199532540, p.
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The Society supports new research by providing grants to students undertaking nautical research and seminars and conferences on maritime themes. It also provides financial support to the annual conference for new researchers in maritime history.  
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In 1924 the Society catalogued and inventoried the collections. In 1925 during a meeting of the Society's Council, the concept of a National Maritime Museum was raised for the first time. The task of setting up a permanent home for the
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is the Society's peer-reviewed quarterly journal. First published in 1911, the journal publishes original papers, articles, notes and book reviews on a wide range of topics relating to humankind's relationship with the sea, including
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and provide a permanent endowment for the ship. The Society established The Victory Technical Committee to research preservation measures for the Victory and to conserved its artifacts in the new
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English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature Issue 15 of Bibliographies and indexes in military studies, Eugene L. Rasor, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, 0313305471, p. 385.
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Of Ships and Stars: Maritime Heritage and the Founding of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Kevin Littlewood, Beverley Butler, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1998, 0485121468, p. 78
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The Trust, which was largely staffed by officials of the Society, eventually created a home for the items, prints and drawings, including the Macpherson Collection, in the
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European Collections of Scientific Instruments, 1550-1750, Giorgio Strano, Stephen Johnston, Mara Miniati, Alison D. Morrison-Low, BRILL, 2009, 9047426177, p. 170
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In 2016 the society instituted Fellowships (FSNR) to recognise members' contribution to its work. As of 1 November 2018 there were 43 Fellows of the Society.
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Since 2017 the Society has also organised its own conferences in partnership with other institutions. A recent example includes an event held in
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by funding research into areas such as paint samples and wood marks. Since 1922 the Society has provided over £1 million to the ship's upkeep.
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In 1972, the Victory Museum expanded to become the Portsmouth Royal Naval Museum, under Admiralty administration. It later became the
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Gazard, Catherine (2022). "Tilly Kettle's Portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Cornish, Captain Richard Kempenfelt and Thomas Parry".
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In 1927 The Society launched an appeal to raise £120,00 in order to save 11,000 maritime prints, drawings and paintings collected by
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and collector Arthur Macpherson from being sold abroad.  Caird stepped in again and purchased the entire collection.
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and the Victory Medal, awarded to those who have displayed notable dedication in the conservation of a historic vessel.
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In 1922 the Society initiated a public appeal in the United Kingdom to raise funds to save Vice-Admiral
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In 1913 the Society helped reorganise and rationalise the collection of the Royal Naval Museum in the
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The National Museum of the Royal Navy: A century of British naval heritage, Scuttlebutt, Spring 2012
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The occasionally awarded Anderson Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Maritime History.
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The annual Anderson Medal book award, named after founder and naval scholar Dr
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is a British society that conducts research and sponsors projects related to
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Founded in 1910, the Society initially encouraged research into seafaring,
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and is published quarterly in collaboration with Taylor & Francis.
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The Chairman of the Society is David Davies. Past chairmen include
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European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Phillips, Larie (2022). "Admiral Kenneth Eaton (1934-2022)".
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Society For Nautical Research." The Times, 3 Dec. 1910
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In 1927 the Admiralty made an official announcement:
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collection of ship models was given to a new Trust.
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Index

FSNR
maritime history
ship-building
Alan Villiers
Admiral Sir Kenneth Eaton

Horatio Nelson
HMS Victory
Sir James Caird
Portsmouth
Victory Museum
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
World War I
Admiralty's
National Maritime Museum
yachtsman
National Maritime Museum
Tilly Kettle
Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet
Richard Kempenfelt
Queen's House
R. C. Anderson
Bristol
SS Great Britain
The Mariner's Mirror
archaeology
naval tactics
logistics
seamanship

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