06 Sep 2017
Regular readers may be familiar with the Lloyd's Register Survey Reports; a collection of detailed surveys on ships' materials and construction, used by underwriters and others in the shipping industry for reliable information on these vessels. You may not be aware that this collection was on loan to the National Maritime Museum for some 50 years.
In the autumn of 2017 the collection was returned to its owner, the Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF). This is to enable the LRF to progress work on Project Undaunted. This project, named after the vessel which was the subject of the very first report in 1834, aims to digitise their collections of ship plans and surveys to make them more accessible. The aim is to produce a searchable online database, complete with images.
If you have any enquiries about the collection you can visit the Heritage & Education Centre pages - the Lloyd's Register Foundation Reference Library for more information on the project and their other collections.
Alternatively, you can contact the LRF enquiry service by filling in an online contact form.