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Collcutt Building
These are a few of our favourite things...Misha Ansell
Published: 09 Jul 18

In July 2018, the Heritage and Education Centre welcomed Misha Ansell to the team for her work experience week. She wrote about her favourite thing!

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These are a few of our favourite things
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First and Famous: Fullagar
Published: 17 Apr 18

We're taking an in depth look at Lloyd's Register's 'First and Famous' ships. These ships are significant in terms of design, technological advances, historic importance, or just ships everyone has heard of that we've classed. This post features the history of the Fullagar, the world's first fully welded ocean-going ship.

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First and Famous
Max Wilson
Ship types, design and construction
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The Carpathia
Published: 14 Apr 18

Archives and Collections Assistant Max Wilson has written about the RMS Carpathia and her heroic role in rescuing hundreds of people during the sinking of the Titanic.

Max Wilson
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First and Famous: Lenin ex St. Alexandre Nevsky
Published: 10 Apr 18

We're taking an in depth look at LR's 'First and Famous' ships. These ships are significant in terms of design, technological advances, historic importance, or just ships everyone has heard of that we've classed. This post features the history of the Russian icebreaker Lenin ex St. Alexandre Nevsky an important "workhorse of the ocean".

Barbara Jones
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First and Famous
Ship types, design and construction
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First and Famous: Two Ships Called Sirius
Published: 03 Apr 18

We're taking an in depth look at LR's 'First and Famous' ships. These ships are significant in terms of design, technological advances, historic importance, or just ships everyone has heard of that we've classed. This week we're looking at the first iron vessel classed by Lloyd's Register, the story of another ship called Sirius and a maritime hero forgotten to history.

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Charlotte Ward
First and Famous
Ship types, design and construction
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Interesting Enquiries - SS Ferret
Published: 20 Mar 18

Our Information Advisor Anne Cowne gets several enquiries from the public on a daily basis. This month she was able to help with a query regarding the mysterious disappearance of the SS Ferret.

Anne Cowne
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These are a few of our favourite things...Charlotte Ward
Published: 22 Feb 18

Researcher and Website Content Editor Charlotte Ward shares her favourite thing from our library and archive

Charlotte Ward
These are a few of our favourite things
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Hecla Rediscovered: The Story of an Arctic Explorer pt.3
Published: 15 Feb 18

The third and final Hecla Rediscovered blog covers her third voyage to the Arctic and her expedition to the North Pole.

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Max Wilson
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Hecla Rediscovered: The Story of an Arctic Explorer pt.2
Published: 08 Feb 18

Part two recounts Hecla's second Voyage to the Arctic from 1821-1823

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Max Wilson
HMS 'Hecla' Searching out the North-West Passage
Hecla Rediscovered: The Story of an Arctic Explorer pt.1
Published: 01 Feb 18

Archives and Collections Assistant Max Wilson recounts the first voyage Hecla undertook between 1819-1820.

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Max Wilson
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LR True Stories - City of Benares
Published: 12 Jan 18

A look back at the sinking of the City of Benares and an account of the disaster by Lloyd's Register Senior Ship Surveyor Dennis Haffner.

Sean Clemenson
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Sarah Clifford Smith's Robert Miller ship model
Published: 08 Aug 17

Guest blog
Ship types, design and construction
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These are a few of our favourite things...Max Wilson
Published: 31 Jul 17

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Max Wilson
These are a few of our favourite things
Anne Cowne
These are a few of our favourite things...Anne Cowne
Published: 08 Jun 17

Anne Cowne
These are a few of our favourite things
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These are a few of our favourite things...Sean Clemenson
Published: 11 May 17

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Sean Clemenson
These are a few of our favourite things
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These are a few of our favourite things...Louise Sanger
Published: 28 Feb 17

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Louise Sanger
These are a few of our favourite things
Victoria Culkin
These are a few of our favourite things...Victoria Culkin
Published: 13 Dec 16

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These are a few of our favourite things
Victoria Culkin
Barbara Jones
These are a few of our favourite things...Barbara Jones
Published: 27 Oct 16

Barbara Jones
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These are a few of our favourite things