Discover the Heritage & Education Centre's unique collections, from over 200,000 digitised documents from our archive to our library catalogue of over 60,000 items. Research awaits...
Learn about Lloyd's Register's heritage and wider historical topics across our 'Explore' portal or through our Events and News pages. Engaging educational content is only a click away!
Enhancing public understanding in marine and engineering science and history.
Browse the historic Ship Plan and Survey Report collection.
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.
Digitised historic editions of the Lloyd's Register of Ships, including the oldest surviving Register Book from 1764.
The Casualty Returns, or Wreck Returns as they are sometimes referred to, record the total losses of vessels worldwide within incremental periods.
#StAndrewsDay2020!??This is Scottish Chief! We hold records for ships surveyed, built, registered and simply passing through Scottish ports from Leith, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Orkney and Greenock here? https://t.co/wv2ptWVKAn @ARAScot @natlibscot @ARAUK_IE @explorearchives https://t.co/XYbvxYqlzE
Here's a cheeky little #MondayFind straight from the archive to cheer you up!???Just an ordinary memo from 1921, you say? Look a little closer and the surveyor has drawn a little headless figure! Definitely a Monday... @ARAUK_IE @ARAScot @explorearchives @ArchiveHashtag https://t.co/v9sk99SIlL
The story of the infamous Dr Crippen and his attempt to escape
The resources held by the Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage & Education Centre (HEC) provide valuable information for researchers and organisations. A recent project with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has made use of LRFHEC's Casualty Returns to enhance their database of Welsh shipwrecks.
Guest blog writer Meilyr Powel, from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, discusses how our records have aided research on Welsh shipwrecks.
Curator of Maritime History & Heritage, Barbara Jones, provides a fascinating history on the often clandestine world of pirate radio stations.
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