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Ship Ahoy! Family Workshop
Channel your creativity in this family-friendly workshop, packed with glitz and glamour
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The Dreadnought moves from ship to shore
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. Are you able to join our transcription project and help to unearth more?
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Samuel Plimsoll and ship safety
In the 19th century, MP Samuel Plimsoll campaigned for load lines to be painted on the side of ships to prevent them being overloaded and sinking.
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Records of East India Company ship expenses
One of my recent cataloguing projects has been a collection of business records relating to Sir William Fraser, principal managing owner of several vessels in the service of the East India Company at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The catalogued items all have the prefix FRS in the Archive Catalogue.