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NDS Thirteenth Annual Conference: "Building Victory – Mid-18th Century Naval Warfare - Roles of Dockyards and Shipbuilding"
Saturday 7 November 2009, Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth (UK)
2009 is the 250th anniversary of the British ‘Year of Victories' - a series of military victories in North America and India and naval victories in Guadeloupe and Quiberon Bay. It was the decisive year of the Seven Years' War and 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"
When:
Saturday 7 November, 2009
Where:
Royal Naval Museum
Victory Gate, HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
PO1 3LJ
UK
Click here for further information (external link).
Language
English
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