Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre
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The Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre explores the importance & development of maritime safety and classification.
⚓️ How did the Lusitania’s rudders work? ⚓️
RMS Lusitania was one of the most innovative ships ever built. Watch the latest Mariner's Mirror animation bringing to life the ship plans and tracing the rise and fall of this great ocean liner of the early 20th century! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lX...
RMS Lusitania was one of the most innovative ships ever built. Watch the latest Mariner's Mirror animation bringing to life the ship plans and tracing the rise and fall of this great ocean liner of the early 20th century! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lX...
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
⚓️ How did the Lusitania’s rudders work? ⚓️
RMS Lusitania was one of the most innovative ships ever built. Watch the latest Mariner's Mirror animation bringing to life the ship plans and tracing the rise and fall of this great ocean liner of the early 20th century! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lX...
RMS Lusitania was one of the most innovative ships ever built. Watch the latest Mariner's Mirror animation bringing to life the ship plans and tracing the rise and fall of this great ocean liner of the early 20th century! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lX...
Read about one of the strangest ships ever built was launched at a Hull shipyard in 1874- a ship had a rotating cabin that aimed to prevent seasickness!
Did it work? 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Did it work? 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hull-built anti-seasickness ship was plagued with misfortune
The Hull-built SS Bessemer was designed by a Victorian inventor to counteract seasickness.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Read about one of the strangest ships ever built was launched at a Hull shipyard in 1874- a ship had a rotating cabin that aimed to prevent seasickness!
Did it work? 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Did it work? 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Congratulations to the Foundation's Director of Evidence & Insight, Nancy, on her OBE 👏
A huge congratulations to Lloyd's Register Foundation’s Director of Evidence & Insight, Nancy Hey, who has been awarded the honour of the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (#OBE) in the 2026 Honours List.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/HeRe1JY
Find out more: https://loom.ly/HeRe1JY
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Congratulations to the Foundation's Director of Evidence & Insight, Nancy, on her OBE 👏
Happy 2026!
Explore over✨1 million documents✨
👉Lloyd's Register of Shipping
👉Lloyd's Register of Yachts
👉Lloyd's of London, Missing Vessel Books
👉Casualty Returns
👉Lloyd's Register Rules and Regulations
👉Ship Plan and Survey Report
Visit: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk
Explore over✨1 million documents✨
👉Lloyd's Register of Shipping
👉Lloyd's Register of Yachts
👉Lloyd's of London, Missing Vessel Books
👉Casualty Returns
👉Lloyd's Register Rules and Regulations
👉Ship Plan and Survey Report
Visit: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Happy 2026!
Explore over✨1 million documents✨
👉Lloyd's Register of Shipping
👉Lloyd's Register of Yachts
👉Lloyd's of London, Missing Vessel Books
👉Casualty Returns
👉Lloyd's Register Rules and Regulations
👉Ship Plan and Survey Report
Visit: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk
Explore over✨1 million documents✨
👉Lloyd's Register of Shipping
👉Lloyd's Register of Yachts
👉Lloyd's of London, Missing Vessel Books
👉Casualty Returns
👉Lloyd's Register Rules and Regulations
👉Ship Plan and Survey Report
Visit: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk
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“The #maritime sector faces challenges that no single organisation or individual can solve alone. Connectivity closes the gaps that lead to accidents and builds resilience across the entire maritime ecosystem. That’s where Maritime Connected comes in.”
Read Heather's blog: https://loom.ly/kGXLh6A
Read Heather's blog: https://loom.ly/kGXLh6A
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“The #maritime sector faces challenges that no single organisation or individual can solve alone. Connectivity closes the gaps that lead to accidents and builds resilience across the entire maritime ecosystem. That’s where Maritime Connected comes in.”
Read Heather's blog: https://loom.ly/kGXLh6A
Read Heather's blog: https://loom.ly/kGXLh6A
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Across the world, more than 8,500 #shipwrecks left by two world wars still contain vast amounts of oil.
This year, Project Tangaroa launched the Malta Manifesto, an urgent call to tackle the toxic global legacy of these potentially polluting wrecks.
This year, Project Tangaroa launched the Malta Manifesto, an urgent call to tackle the toxic global legacy of these potentially polluting wrecks.
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Across the world, more than 8,500 #shipwrecks left by two world wars still contain vast amounts of oil.
This year, Project Tangaroa launched the Malta Manifesto, an urgent call to tackle the toxic global legacy of these potentially polluting wrecks.
This year, Project Tangaroa launched the Malta Manifesto, an urgent call to tackle the toxic global legacy of these potentially polluting wrecks.
Thank you to those who attended the Proctor Lecture last night and for Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, who gave an amazing keynote. 👏
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thank you to those who attended the Proctor Lecture last night and for Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, who gave an amazing keynote. 👏
Final reminder to get your tickets for Thursday!! 👇
📣Annual Proctor Memorial Lecture 2025📣
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Final reminder to get your tickets for Thursday!! 👇
We are pleased to share that SHE_SEES has received 'Personality of the Year' award from The Seahorse Journalism Awards!
Launched in 2023, the SHE_SEES exhibition, part of our Rewriting Women into Maritime History initiative aims to showcase the role of women in maritime in the past and present.
Launched in 2023, the SHE_SEES exhibition, part of our Rewriting Women into Maritime History initiative aims to showcase the role of women in maritime in the past and present.
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We are pleased to share that SHE_SEES has received 'Personality of the Year' award from The Seahorse Journalism Awards!
Launched in 2023, the SHE_SEES exhibition, part of our Rewriting Women into Maritime History initiative aims to showcase the role of women in maritime in the past and present.
Launched in 2023, the SHE_SEES exhibition, part of our Rewriting Women into Maritime History initiative aims to showcase the role of women in maritime in the past and present.
To celebrate the launch of “Virtual Viola” yesterday, @samwright.bsky.social has delved into her remarkable story, and the links she had to LR throughout her life!
Read her story 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
Read her story 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
To celebrate the launch of “Virtual Viola” yesterday, @samwright.bsky.social has delved into her remarkable story, and the links she had to LR throughout her life!
Read her story 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
Read her story 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
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The Viola Trust have long campaigned to bring the Viola back home to Hull. To celebrate the launch of “Virtual Viola”, I’ve looked back through @lrfheritage.bsky.social archives at her remarkable story, and the links she had to LR throughout her life ⚓️
hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
The Story of Viola: Lloyd’s Register and The Ghost Ship of Grytviken
On the foreshore of the South Georgian whaling station of Grytviken lies an old trawler. Launched in Beverley in 1906 as the Viola, she remains the oldest steam trawler with her engines still intact a
hec.lrfoundation.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Viola Trust have long campaigned to bring the Viola back home to Hull. To celebrate the launch of “Virtual Viola”, I’ve looked back through @lrfheritage.bsky.social archives at her remarkable story, and the links she had to LR throughout her life ⚓️
hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
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The World Monuments Fund has received new funding from Lloyd's Register Foundation for the second phase of its Coastal Connections programme.
Find out more 👉 https://loom.ly/QLI-wmc
Find out more 👉 https://loom.ly/QLI-wmc
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The World Monuments Fund has received new funding from Lloyd's Register Foundation for the second phase of its Coastal Connections programme.
Find out more 👉 https://loom.ly/QLI-wmc
Find out more 👉 https://loom.ly/QLI-wmc
📣Annual Proctor Memorial Lecture 2025📣
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📣Annual Proctor Memorial Lecture 2025📣
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
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@uarctic.bsky.social story about my recent trip to London 🇬🇧:
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
UArctic x Lloyd’s Register Foundation Research Fellows Visit To Headquarters in London
The Research Fellowships is a partnership between the Lloyd's Register Foundation and the University of the Arctic. The Fellowships aim to support researchers that use historical perspectives and appl...
www.uarctic.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@uarctic.bsky.social story about my recent trip to London 🇬🇧:
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
CLOSES TODAY! Last chance to apply! 👇
📣Reminder: Heritage Open Call 📣 fund ambitious, high-impact projects that support our heritage key themes and the Foundation’s strategy
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved/heritage-grant-open-call
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved/heritage-grant-open-call
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
CLOSES TODAY! Last chance to apply! 👇
Listen to the Sail to steam podcast🎙️
PhD scholar Carlos Ausejo discusses how Callao changed because of the switch from sail to steam, and how this can help steer policy today🔗🚢 www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
PhD scholar Carlos Ausejo discusses how Callao changed because of the switch from sail to steam, and how this can help steer policy today🔗🚢 www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Listen to the Sail to steam podcast🎙️
PhD scholar Carlos Ausejo discusses how Callao changed because of the switch from sail to steam, and how this can help steer policy today🔗🚢 www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
PhD scholar Carlos Ausejo discusses how Callao changed because of the switch from sail to steam, and how this can help steer policy today🔗🚢 www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
🎙️Mariner's Mirror Podcast 🎙️
Dr Sam Willis visited our archive in Woolwich to discuss the Scottish Antarctica Expedition on board the vessel Scotia, a significant vessel contributing significantly to understanding Oceanography 🌊 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
Dr Sam Willis visited our archive in Woolwich to discuss the Scottish Antarctica Expedition on board the vessel Scotia, a significant vessel contributing significantly to understanding Oceanography 🌊 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🎙️Mariner's Mirror Podcast 🎙️
Dr Sam Willis visited our archive in Woolwich to discuss the Scottish Antarctica Expedition on board the vessel Scotia, a significant vessel contributing significantly to understanding Oceanography 🌊 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
Dr Sam Willis visited our archive in Woolwich to discuss the Scottish Antarctica Expedition on board the vessel Scotia, a significant vessel contributing significantly to understanding Oceanography 🌊 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
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📈 Digital technologies are reshaping economies and societies. How do we ensure progress benefits everyone?
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
Governing the digital future: public perceptions, AI risks and policy priorities for Southeast Asia | King's College London
Join us for an engaging policy dialogue at King’s College London that brings together leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how to build more trusted, inclusive, and effective ...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📈 Digital technologies are reshaping economies and societies. How do we ensure progress benefits everyone?
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
In 2025, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the LR USA office 🎉
Some wonderful photographs of an inspection by an LR Surveyor in Houston, Texas in 1981 and the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Yard in Maryland with LR Classed Tanker, Loellia, under construction in 1959.
Some wonderful photographs of an inspection by an LR Surveyor in Houston, Texas in 1981 and the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Yard in Maryland with LR Classed Tanker, Loellia, under construction in 1959.
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In 2025, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the LR USA office 🎉
Some wonderful photographs of an inspection by an LR Surveyor in Houston, Texas in 1981 and the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Yard in Maryland with LR Classed Tanker, Loellia, under construction in 1959.
Some wonderful photographs of an inspection by an LR Surveyor in Houston, Texas in 1981 and the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Yard in Maryland with LR Classed Tanker, Loellia, under construction in 1959.
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Read our Maritime Matters newsletter! Featuring @lrfheritage.bsky.social funded scholar Carlos Ausejo,Royal Museums Greenwich, @bradbeaven.bsky.social on the myth of the Chinese opium den, & more. Email pcmc@port.ac.uk to sign up centreforportcitiesandmaritimecultures.createsend1.com/t/y-e-qdijil...
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Read our Maritime Matters newsletter! Featuring @lrfheritage.bsky.social funded scholar Carlos Ausejo,Royal Museums Greenwich, @bradbeaven.bsky.social on the myth of the Chinese opium den, & more. Email pcmc@port.ac.uk to sign up centreforportcitiesandmaritimecultures.createsend1.com/t/y-e-qdijil...
‘All hands on deck: securing the maritime future through diversity’ 👇
A new #report, published by Lloyd's Register Foundation, examines the role of women in #maritime, and the challenges and opportunities they face working in the industry today.
Download 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications...
A new #report, published by Lloyd's Register Foundation, examines the role of women in #maritime, and the challenges and opportunities they face working in the industry today.
Download 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications...
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
‘All hands on deck: securing the maritime future through diversity’ 👇
A new #report, published by Lloyd's Register Foundation, examines the role of women in #maritime, and the challenges and opportunities they face working in the industry today.
Download 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications...
A new #report, published by Lloyd's Register Foundation, examines the role of women in #maritime, and the challenges and opportunities they face working in the industry today.
Download 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications...
📣Annual Proctor Memorial Lecture 2025📣
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📣Annual Proctor Memorial Lecture 2025📣
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
BCMH are delighted to welcome Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and former President of Iceland, as keynote speaker.
📆11 December 2025
📍Lloyd's Register Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BS
Book your place 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/a...
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Amazing day at the @lrfheritage.bsky.social! Examining the archives, interacting with some impressive artifacts, and meeting with staff and other invited guests. So much history on display in this formidable/newly renovated building @uarctic.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Amazing day at the @lrfheritage.bsky.social! Examining the archives, interacting with some impressive artifacts, and meeting with staff and other invited guests. So much history on display in this formidable/newly renovated building @uarctic.bsky.social.
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Final day in London🇬🇧. A morning boat ride down the Thames to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Fantastic large ocean map from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Thanks @lrfheritage.bsky.social and @uarctic.bsky.social for organizing everything. Wonderful collaborations now and into the future.
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Final day in London🇬🇧. A morning boat ride down the Thames to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Fantastic large ocean map from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Thanks @lrfheritage.bsky.social and @uarctic.bsky.social for organizing everything. Wonderful collaborations now and into the future.