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Naval Dockyards Society Conference
09/06/2022 - 12/06/2022
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| Naval Dockyards Society Conference
Dockyards as nodes of naval architecture, maritime traditions and cultural heritage |
National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth 9-11 June 2022 Action Stations, Boathouse No.6, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, PO1 3LJ
This 3-day hybrid international conference is sponsored by the Society for Nautical Research
Day 1. Building a warship 9 June 2022
Clare Hunt: HMS Trincomalee: Design, Construction and Modification, 1812–1900
Prof. Emeritus David Bradley: HMS Unicorn: Sir Robert Seppings, the Industrial Revolution and Developments in Warship Design
Dr Ian Buxton MBE: Supplying Machinery for Dockyard-built Warships
Brian Lavery: Shipbuilding in Shoreham in the 1690s: Benjamin Furzer – a One-Man Naval Base
Commander Martin R. Marks OBE, BSc (Eng) Design, Deploy, Decline and Dwindling – the story of the VIC (WW2 Victualling Inshore Craft)
David Griffiths: Building a Coastal Motor Boat for the 21st Century
KEYNOTE Speaker Dr Antony Firth MCIfA: Placing Warships: Reconnecting vessels and dockyards
Day 2. Dockyards as heritage 10 June 2022
Nick Ball: Chatham Ropery – the decline of 400 years of ropemaking? Or, the reinterpretation of the last of the great naval roperies?
Karoline-Sofie Hennum: Museum Collection Storage Conditions in Historical Dockyard Buildings – A Threat to The Long-Term Preservation of Maritime Collections?
Dr Katarzyna Jarosz: Abandoned ships. Exploring ageing dockyards in the post-Soviet space.
Dr Federico Camerin: The 2022 draft agreement for the regeneration of the Venice’s Arsenale. What if the Arsenale dies?
Dr Donatella Rita Fiorino: Research tools and inter-institutional synergies for sustainable redevelopment of former navy sites in La Maddalena Archipelago Sardinia (Italy).
Dr Celia Clark: Doing things differently: how do countries dispose of their surplus defence land? Do these differences offer losses or gains to ex-defence communities and sustainable reuse of historic structures?
KEYNOTE Speaker Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA: Conservation Planning: Creative framework or straightjacket?
Day 3. Dockyards as global hubs and regional centres of maritime culture 11 June 2022
Dr Philip MacDougall: A Russian Monopoly: Britain’s Naval Stores Import Trade
Dr Catherine Scheybeler: Draining Cartagena Dry Docks: Meeting the Challenge with Steam Technology Dr Roger Morriss What motivated Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807?
Dr Mark Ericson: Samurai at Royal Dockyards
Dr Jakob Seerup: Dockyards as Reflections of Societies – A Franco-English diplomat’s perspective on the Copenhagen Royal Dockyards in 1702
Dr Ann Coats: Royal Dockyards translocated: Constructed communities and cultures – a Portsmouth and overseas focus
KEYNOTE Speaker Professor Andrew Lambert FKC: Dockyards, Fleets and Global Power: 1815–56
Optional specialist behind-the-scenes archive, ship, dockyard and harbour tours in the afternoons of 9 & 10 June to be finalised: Admiralty Library Naval Historical Branch Reading Room – Georgian Dockyard Walking Tour – Boathouse 4 – Harbour Tour – HMS Warrior – HMS Victory – some free, others chargeable.
CONFERENCE Booking form click here: Booking Form_7 Portsmouth Conference 2022.
N.B. book YOUR Accommodation yourself. EARLY BOOKING IS RECOMMENDED See https://navaldockyards.org/confereBooking Form_7 Portsmouth Conference 2022nces/
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Conference fee includes a buffet lunch and refreshment teas and coffees
Conference Reception 9 June HMS Victory: vegetarian, meat & fish canapés, prosecco & wine included
Conference Hot Fork Buffet 10 June in Princess Royal Gallery: 2 courses & dessert, sparkling wine, wine, tea & coffee included
This dovetails with the SNR AGM, so SNR members can attend both.
Purchasing NDS membership for a year will give you the member price plus our journal Transactions and two Dockyards newsletters.
*If the physical Conference has to be cancelled due to government Covid regulations or by the Museum, it will be run as an online Conference and the fee difference will be refunded.
UPDATES see https://navaldockyards.org/conferences/
QUERIES: contact Dr Ann Coats avcoatsndschair@gmail.com
Web: https://navaldockyards.org/ Twitter: @DockyardSociety
Facebook: NavalDockyardsSociety
Member price applies to NDS, SNR, PRDHT, SNR(S), HBPT, Portsmouth Society, 1805 Club, Nelson Society member, full-time student from an ‘ac’ email address.
Please complete one form per delegate.
Please return booking form to Treasurer: David Jenkins, 5 Beeby Way, Carlton, Bedfordshire, MK43 7LW, UK by post or email:
BACS: Account Name Naval Dockyards Society, Sort Code 60-09-16, Account No. 51358719; PayPal: Go to the website and ask to send money. Enter email: ndstreasurer@hotmail.co.uk; enter amount; Payee Reference: Portsmouth Dockyard CONFERENCE A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H, click OK; and confirm your details to this email. Cheque to Treasurer.
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NDS 2022 hybrid conference
– I am booking a NDS 2022 Conference place by selecting my choice below.
– I am making a non-refundable* payment: BACS/PayPal/cheque to Naval Dockyards Society of £…….……
– Select ‘Member’ or ‘Non-member’ column (definitions above)
| Event category | £ Member | £ Non-member | |
| A | Discounted 3-Day In-person Conference, HMS Victory Reception 9 June & Princess Royal Gallery Dinner 10 June | 185.00 | 210.00 |
| B | 3-Day in-person Conference & Reception, no Buffet 10 June | 130.00 | 145.00 |
| C | 1-or 2-days In-person Conference no Reception or Buffet (specify days) (price per day) | 70.00 | 85.00 |
| D | In-person Conference Thurs 9 June only & HMS Victory Reception | 120.00 | 140.00 |
| E | In-person Conference Fri 10 June only & Princess Royal Gallery Buffet | 120.00 | 140.00 |
| F | Discounted 3-Day Online Conference | 85.00 | 100.00 |
| G | 1-or 2-days Online Conference (price per day) (specify days) | 35.00 | 45.00 |
| H | Membership of Naval Dockyards Society for one year | ——- | 25.00 |
| J | Just Dinner/s (price per day) (specify days) | 35.00 | 40.00 |
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