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Ships, Plans and Survey Reports

Browse the historic Ship Plan and Survey Report collection.

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Combined collections catalogue online for the first time

The Heritage & Education Centre's updated combined collections catalogue is now available for the first time online. The library catalogue contains records of over 50,000 books, journals, conference papers, registers, rules and regulations, journal articles, statistics, research reports and inquiries.

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Lloyd's Register of Ships online

Digitised historic editions of the Lloyd's Register of Ships, including the oldest surviving Register Book from 1764.

World Fleet Statistics

Statistical tables dating fom 1878 until 2000 that provide an analysis of the world's merchant fleets.

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Events

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Lloyd's Register Foundation International Conference 2019

8 Northumberland Avenue, London
9 - 10 October 2019

Waterproof: Safety at Sea

Leuvehaven 1, 3011 EA Rotterdam, Netherlands
Until 9 June 2019

Blog

First and Famous: Aquitania

Published: January 15 2019

HEC Digital Content Manager and Research Specialist Sean Clemenson takes a look at the famous liner's career.

First and Famous