The official home of The Society for Nautical Research and The Mariner's Mirror. The world’s oldest society dedicated to the study of maritime heritage.

The Society for Nautical Research, founded in 1910, is the world’s premier maritime history society. It publishes The Mariner’s Mirror, the leading international journal of maritime history, and also plays an important role in preserving and promoting the maritime heritage of the UK.It was instrumental in saving Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory in …

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Research Grants. We make grants to support individual researchers in their work and to support other events focusing on maritime history.

Next week the Society for Nautical Research launches its winter lecture series for this academic year. These online lectures will highlight new and ongoing research being undertaken by members of the society and its affiliations.

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The society publishes The Mariner’s Mirror, the world’s leading peer-reviewed journal in the field of maritime history.First published in 1911, it is an unrivalled repository of scholarship covering all periods, nations and maritime themes.

The Society for Nautical Research has played a significant role in the preservation of a number of historic ships. Saving HMS Victory in 1922 was its greatest achievement and it has also played an important part in saving several other vessels.. The Mary Rose. The Society for Nautical Research has always taken a keen interest in nautical archaeology.

Through its Maritime Heritage Committee the society maintains a ‘watching brief’ on maritime heritage in the UK and throughout the world. The committee receives reports on historic craft, maritime museums, maritime archives, built heritage and other relevant themes, makes recommendations for action to the society’s governing Council, and in certain circumstances can make small grants to ...

The Research and Programmes Committee’s function is to lead encouragement of nautical research and education. Grant Funding for Research Projects 2021-2022. One of the main elements of the SNR Research and Programmes Committee’s work continues to be scrutinising applications each year, from ...