Forthcoming events

Building Victory – Mid-18th Century Naval Warfare - Roles of Dockyards and Shipbuilding 2009 Conference

Saturday 7 November 2009 Royal Naval Museum Portsmouth

2009 is the 250th anniversary of the British ‘Year of Victories’ - the decisive year of the Seven Years’ War. It was also the year of the laying of the keel of HMS Victory in No.2 Dock, Chatham on 23rd July. Victory was designed by Surveyor of the Navy Thomas Slade, the leading naval architect of his day, appointed by George Anson, First Lord of the Admiralty for most of the war.

Speakers:

Ann Coats Building Victory: historical & cultural contexts

Richard Harding Large scale ship movement and its operational impact 1739-1748 in relation to ship building & maintenance

Peter Goodwin The building of HMS Victory and her 1765 features - Slade’s design concepts

Roger Morriss Promise of power. The English maritime economy at the time of the Seven Years War

Katariina Mauranen Presenting academic research in a museum: the case of Portsmouth Block Mills

Cost: £30 including Buffet Lunch

Concessions: £25 NDS, Friends of RNM, students, senior citizens

Return form by 19 October 2009 to Dr Ann V Coats, Secretary, Naval Dockyards Society, 44, Lindley Avenue, Southsea, PO4 9NU, 023 92 863 799, ann.coats@port.ac.uk

Trains 08457 484950 www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/

……………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

NDS Building Victory Conference Saturday 7 November 2009 10.00-4.00

I wish to book a place on the Naval Dockyards Society Building Victory Conference

I enclose a non-refundable cheque for £25/30 made out to Naval Dockyards Society

Please state affiliation/concession

Please tell me if you are disabled and/or need a special dietary requirement

All the Names Attending………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Address………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Telephone………………………………Email…………………………………………………….

Signed………………………………………...…………………………Date………………………………

Please tell me where you heard about this Conference