Britain’s Victorian Maritime Power
Tue 8 Apr 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This single session will act as an introduction to the Royal and Merchant Navies in Victorian Days.
Designed as an enticing taster for a possible longer course to follow, this session will briefly consider some of the following aspects:
• Ship design and development
• Oceangoing travel
• Hazards at sea
• Emigration to Australia and Canada
• Transport ships to the Crimean War
• The American Civil War: building the Confederate Navy
• Ironclads and raiders
• Shipwrecks
• The Plimsoll Line
• Threats to British Naval supremacy
• Brunel’s steamships
Pen and notepad / device are optional
Event Information
Price: £15
Room: Brunt Room
Campaign: Easter School
Your Tutor
Name: Bill Lindsay
Bio: Bill Lindsay, Independent Scholar, retired twelve years ago from a lifelong career in the pharmaceutical industry. Since then, he has turned to researching Victorian Merchant Shipping and has become a member of several Nautical Societies. Bill has written many articles on the subject and is currently editor of the online magazine Topmasts for the Society for Nautical Research
Department: Humanities
