Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre
@lrfheritage.bsky.social
The Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre explores the importance & development of maritime safety and classification.
📣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...
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...
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.
‘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...
Earlier this week, we hosted research fellows funded by @lr-foundation.bsky.social in partnership
@uarctic.bsky.social at the Lloyd’s Register Building. These fellows are investigating how ‘learning from the past’ can help address present and future challenges to the safety of people in the Arctic.
@uarctic.bsky.social at the Lloyd’s Register Building. These fellows are investigating how ‘learning from the past’ can help address present and future challenges to the safety of people in the Arctic.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Earlier this week, we hosted research fellows funded by @lr-foundation.bsky.social in partnership
@uarctic.bsky.social at the Lloyd’s Register Building. These fellows are investigating how ‘learning from the past’ can help address present and future challenges to the safety of people in the Arctic.
@uarctic.bsky.social at the Lloyd’s Register Building. These fellows are investigating how ‘learning from the past’ can help address present and future challenges to the safety of people in the Arctic.
The Clan Line played a crucial role in Britain's growing imperial trade and was vital during both World Wars. Today, the Clan Line stands as a reminder of how shipping shaped commerce, conflict and community🌊 Listen🔗 https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-podcast/ocean-empire-the-clan-line-legacy/
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Clan Line played a crucial role in Britain's growing imperial trade and was vital during both World Wars. Today, the Clan Line stands as a reminder of how shipping shaped commerce, conflict and community🌊 Listen🔗 https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-podcast/ocean-empire-the-clan-line-legacy/
This week, the team attended the UK Maritime Heritage Forum in Edinburgh. We came away understanding the sometimes difficult decisions in archival collection management, overcoming seablindness, and the use of maritime heritage for the provision of skills and safety awareness for the future 🌊
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This week, the team attended the UK Maritime Heritage Forum in Edinburgh. We came away understanding the sometimes difficult decisions in archival collection management, overcoming seablindness, and the use of maritime heritage for the provision of skills and safety awareness for the future 🌊
📣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
October 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📣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
"On land, snowploughs are used to clear snow off roads. At sea, an icebreaker serves a similar purpose: carving a free path through ice for other ships to follow"
Read more about Icebreakers 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
Read more about Icebreakers 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"On land, snowploughs are used to clear snow off roads. At sea, an icebreaker serves a similar purpose: carving a free path through ice for other ships to follow"
Read more about Icebreakers 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
Read more about Icebreakers 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
A technical drawing from the late 1800s shows a sailor of the time carrying out a crucial activity that he must carry out frequently to ensure the very integrity and safety of the entire vessel. 🚢👏
Watch the drawing come to life 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIPdvuhSIg
Watch the drawing come to life 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIPdvuhSIg
October 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A technical drawing from the late 1800s shows a sailor of the time carrying out a crucial activity that he must carry out frequently to ensure the very integrity and safety of the entire vessel. 🚢👏
Watch the drawing come to life 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIPdvuhSIg
Watch the drawing come to life 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIPdvuhSIg
"It is often assumed there were no women, or that they were unable or unwilling to do certain jobs, but that assumption is incorrect."⚓
Visit Rotterdam Maritime Museum's new exhibition on maritime women🔗 https://maritiemmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/maritime-women
Visit Rotterdam Maritime Museum's new exhibition on maritime women🔗 https://maritiemmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/maritime-women
October 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"It is often assumed there were no women, or that they were unable or unwilling to do certain jobs, but that assumption is incorrect."⚓
Visit Rotterdam Maritime Museum's new exhibition on maritime women🔗 https://maritiemmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/maritime-women
Visit Rotterdam Maritime Museum's new exhibition on maritime women🔗 https://maritiemmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/maritime-women
Small grants funding opportunity📣
Join the webinar on 14th October at 9:30 to learn eligibility criteria and application process.
Register your place 🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b823bbc7-227f-40fc-b536-4201cf2b7648@4a3454a0-8cf4-4a9c-b1c0-6ce4d1495f82
Join the webinar on 14th October at 9:30 to learn eligibility criteria and application process.
Register your place 🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b823bbc7-227f-40fc-b536-4201cf2b7648@4a3454a0-8cf4-4a9c-b1c0-6ce4d1495f82
October 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Small grants funding opportunity📣
Join the webinar on 14th October at 9:30 to learn eligibility criteria and application process.
Register your place 🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b823bbc7-227f-40fc-b536-4201cf2b7648@4a3454a0-8cf4-4a9c-b1c0-6ce4d1495f82
Join the webinar on 14th October at 9:30 to learn eligibility criteria and application process.
Register your place 🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b823bbc7-227f-40fc-b536-4201cf2b7648@4a3454a0-8cf4-4a9c-b1c0-6ce4d1495f82
Kings Maritime History Seminars begin 2 October 2025 📣
First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey
📍King’s College London
Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26
First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey
📍King’s College London
Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26
September 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Kings Maritime History Seminars begin 2 October 2025 📣
First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey
📍King’s College London
Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26
First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey
📍King’s College London
Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26
📣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
September 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📣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
Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining
A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining
🌊History on deep seabed mining
🌊The legal context
🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea
🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining
A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining
🌊History on deep seabed mining
🌊The legal context
🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea
🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining
A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining
🌊History on deep seabed mining
🌊The legal context
🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea
🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining
A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining
🌊History on deep seabed mining
🌊The legal context
🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea
🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining
The Library 📚
Some behind the scenes pictures of our return to Fenchurch Street 👏 Over 5000 books, pamphlets and journals were returned to our library- just 10% of our total collection of books and journals on maritime history, engineering and safety!
Some behind the scenes pictures of our return to Fenchurch Street 👏 Over 5000 books, pamphlets and journals were returned to our library- just 10% of our total collection of books and journals on maritime history, engineering and safety!
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Library 📚
Some behind the scenes pictures of our return to Fenchurch Street 👏 Over 5000 books, pamphlets and journals were returned to our library- just 10% of our total collection of books and journals on maritime history, engineering and safety!
Some behind the scenes pictures of our return to Fenchurch Street 👏 Over 5000 books, pamphlets and journals were returned to our library- just 10% of our total collection of books and journals on maritime history, engineering and safety!
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially reopened our Grade II* listed headquarters in London earlier this week, following an extensive refurbishment.
Renamed the Lloyd's Register Building, the reopening marked a significant moment in the building’s history.
Read more: ow.ly/zIap50WYUgM
Renamed the Lloyd's Register Building, the reopening marked a significant moment in the building’s history.
Read more: ow.ly/zIap50WYUgM
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially reopened our Grade II* listed headquarters in London earlier this week, following an extensive refurbishment.
Renamed the Lloyd's Register Building, the reopening marked a significant moment in the building’s history.
Read more: ow.ly/zIap50WYUgM
Renamed the Lloyd's Register Building, the reopening marked a significant moment in the building’s history.
Read more: ow.ly/zIap50WYUgM
Lloyd's Register Returns to its historic home at 71 Fenchurch Street 📣
Pleased to announce our return after 6 years of extensive conservation and renovation to our grade two listed home in the City of London!
Read more 🔗 www.lr.org/en/knowledge...
Pleased to announce our return after 6 years of extensive conservation and renovation to our grade two listed home in the City of London!
Read more 🔗 www.lr.org/en/knowledge...
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Lloyd's Register Returns to its historic home at 71 Fenchurch Street 📣
Pleased to announce our return after 6 years of extensive conservation and renovation to our grade two listed home in the City of London!
Read more 🔗 www.lr.org/en/knowledge...
Pleased to announce our return after 6 years of extensive conservation and renovation to our grade two listed home in the City of London!
Read more 🔗 www.lr.org/en/knowledge...
The Heritage Centre has launched a Heritage Open Call to 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 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
September 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Heritage Centre has launched a Heritage Open Call to 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 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Small Grant Scheme is now OPEN📣
Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections.
How to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections.
How to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
September 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Small Grant Scheme is now OPEN📣
Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections.
How to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections.
How to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
A new report provides an in-depth assessment of the threat posed to coastal communities, fishing grounds and marine ecosystems by at least 8,500 potentially polluting shipwrecks around the world.
Download the report 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Download the report 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...
September 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A new report provides an in-depth assessment of the threat posed to coastal communities, fishing grounds and marine ecosystems by at least 8,500 potentially polluting shipwrecks around the world.
Download the report 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Download the report 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...
We are hiring! Lloyd's Register Foundation is looking for an experienced Communications Manager.
They will provide communications support for our two centres: the newly launched Global Safety Evidence Centre and the Heritage Centre.
Apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/l...
They will provide communications support for our two centres: the newly launched Global Safety Evidence Centre and the Heritage Centre.
Apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/l...
August 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We are hiring! Lloyd's Register Foundation is looking for an experienced Communications Manager.
They will provide communications support for our two centres: the newly launched Global Safety Evidence Centre and the Heritage Centre.
Apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/l...
They will provide communications support for our two centres: the newly launched Global Safety Evidence Centre and the Heritage Centre.
Apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/l...