Blogs

The Role of Lloyd's Register in Preserving the History of the Cutty Sark

Published: 18 Apr 23

Discover the Cutty Sark Preservation Society. Explore HEC’s collection of plans, correspondence, and minutes relating to LR surveyor J.M. Robertson and CSPS.

First and Famous: Dunedin

Published: 26 Jun 19

Learn more about the Dunedin, one of the first refrigerated ships and part of our First and Famous collection.

First and Famous: Aquitania

Published: 15 Jan 19

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

First and Famous: Thermopylae

Published: 27 Jul 18

A short blog from Summer Intern Dermot Fowler, about the historic ship Thermopylae.

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.

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".

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.