From storm‑lashed coastlines to daring sea rescues, a handful of lighthouse women became true maritime legends: Grace Darling and Ida Lewis. Their bravery lit the way — not just for ships, but for history itself. 🌊
Read more about the bravery of these women👉 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
Here is a piece I did for @lrfheritage.bsky.social
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To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay we've created a Library display to highlight the incredible lives and experiences of women in maritime. ✨
Lloyd’s Register Foundation are proud to have photographed Captain Barbara Campbell as part of SHE_SEES for International Women’s Day 2026. #IWD2026
Hear more about her incredible career 👉🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/rew...
Captain Barbara Campbell is a trailblazing figure in modern maritime history. Beginning her career in 1975 as one of P&O’s first female cadets, she went on to build an exceptional career across cargo vessels, cruise ships and North Sea ferries. #IWD2026
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Latest Mariner's Mirror Podcast animation 📹Extraordinary Engineering: MacSweeney’s Articulated ‘Freak Ship’
Watch historic illustrations of this strange ‘articulated’ ship come to life. What makes it this vessel one of the most fascinating ship designs in history? 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6t...
It is an irrefutable fact that many lighthouse workers recorded in history were male. Yet the sisters, wives and daughters of keepers did so much more than merely assist in emergencies. 🌟
Learn more about female Lighthouse Keepers of the UK and US 👉 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
Icebreakers: Cracking Through the Cold📣
Unlike an ice-strengthened ship, these are designed explicitly with cutting ice in mind. These sturdy vessels operate in polar waters and other waterways that are frozen over during winter. 🧊🚢 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...
REMINDER Small Grant Scheme is 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...
Yesterday marked the beginning of the new #Lunar Year ✨
2026 is the year of the Horse 🐎We only have 5 vessels in our collection with the name 'Horse'. Here is a Report of Survey for Repairs for Race Horse, 19th April 1858
The IMarEST announces its next two presidents📣
Professor Deborah Greaves of the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, will take office in April, followed by Claudene Sharp-Patel, Global Technical Director at @lloydsregister.bsky.social.
Full article👉ow.ly/5EEG50YehTj
Lloyd’s Register’s services in Hong Kong largely expanded after the Second World War and by 1957, there were five surveyors based at Hong Kong.
February 2026 marks the 150th anniversary of Lloyd’s Register’s Hong Kong office. Discussions to appoint a surveyor in Hong Kong first began amongst the General Committee in 1875. Captain Robert H. Cairns was appointed a surveyor on 17th February 1876.
Lloyd’s Register’s services in Hong Kong largely expanded after the Second World War and by 1957, there were five surveyors based at Hong Kong.
A #Valentines card drawn by LR Surveyor, Harry Cornish to celebrate the day of love 💌
Maritime History and Culture Seminars 2026📣
📍Online
🗓️February-May 2026
Free talks that cover a range of fascinating subjects, from maritime art and naval strategy to Black History and museum exhibitions.
Find out more 👉 www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/mar...
Today, Lloyd's Register Foundation has released a new #documentary film, ‘All that separates us is distance,’ which highlights why commitment to #fishing safety matters.
Watch the full film now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Qo...
With new funding from Lloyd’s Register Foundation, researchers from the UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre are using #WorldRiskPoll data to better understand the relationship between local waste management services and communities’ disposal habits. Read more: https://loom.ly/Ot5UwpI
Op-ed: Why cutting-edge technologies require considered adoption
✒️ Lloyd's Register Foundation programme manager Muntasir Hashim (@lrfheritage.bsky.social)
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From author-dedicated copies to inscriptions written in Creuze’s own hand, these works reveal a fascinating network of naval thinkers and craftsmen across the 18th and 19th centuries.
🌟A sammelband containing six individual books, bound together (likely by Creuze) in one volume. Cruezes name is inscribed in A compendium of naval gunnery drills by W. J. Williams
🌟A sammelband containing three individual books, bound together (likely by Creuze) in one volume. Creuzes name is inscribed in Elements of naval architecture by James Newburgh Strange, 1846
A glimpse into our rare book collection featuring volumes once connected to Augustin Creuze!
🌟The Mahogany Tree by Chaloner and Fleming, 1850
🌟Calculations relating to the equipment, displacement, etc. of ships and vessels of war by John Edye, 1832
The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Historians📣
📍Kingston, Jamaica
🗓️24-28 May 2026
Find out more 🔗 associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...
The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) has launched Phase 2 of its #FutureSAR initiative, funded by Lloyd's Register Foundation, to help search and rescue organisations prepare for the growing impact of climate change.
Read more about the programme: https://loom.ly/A__ZT2Q
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 👉🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/news/small-g...
The papers include least six drawings of ships, inscriptions of the name "John William" and "William Gibson" likely in two different hands.
William Gibson writes in the book "William Gibson his my name and England is my nation Scarbro is my dwelling place and heaven I hope will be my habitation".
An interesting find from our rare book collection this week 🧐
Marine architecture: or directions for carrying on a ship, from the first laying of the keel to her actual going to sea. (author unknown). Published by William Mount 1736
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