Project Updates
Portsmouth Historic Quarter
Lloyd’s Register has collaborated with Portsmouth Historic Quarter, the University of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust to bring SHE_SEES to Boathouse 4 and showcase the stories of women working in the Dockyard until the present day.
SHE_SEES at Boathouse 4, Portsmouth Historic Quarter
Stories of Women in Maritime- Then, Now, Onward.
August 2024 - August 2025
FREE ENTRY
Historic Quarter Pass available from the Visitor Centre.
SHE_SEES x Portsmouth Historic Quarter © Emilie Sandy
The International Stage
More information coming soon.
London International Shipping Week
The end of the first phase of the Rewriting Women into Maritime project was marked with an exhibition at London International Shipping Week (11th-15th September). The exhibition was kindly hosted at the International Maritime Organization, with an evening reception event on the opening night, 11 September 2023. The event was attended by approximately 400 maritime and heritage professionals. Visit the exhibition photo gallery.
Opening Night of SHE_SEES © Nikoletta Monyok
Historic England
In March 2023, Lloyd's Register Foundation approved a grant with Historic England to hold a pop up exhibition on Women in Shipbuilding in north east England.
The exhibition brought together photographs of women in shipbuilding and marine engineering in north east England in the First World War.
The exhibition has toured in the north east, exhibiting at Wallsend Shopping Centre, The Common Room, Newcastle High School for Girls, and North Tyneside Art Studio.
Features
Sarah Mott, Interpretation Coordinator, spoke at the Maritime UK, Women in Maritime Network event on 18 May 2023, to introduce Maritime UK members to the initiative.
Louise Sanger, Head of Research, Interpretation & Engagement was interviewed for a feature in the IMarEST magazine. Read the 'Adjusting the Lens' article.
Emilie Sandy, Photographer and Creative Project Manager was featured in the Maritime SheEO magazine. Read the 'SHE_SEES' article.
Sarah Mott, Interpretation Coordinator, spoke at the UK Maritime Heritage Forum 2023. Read our insights from the forum.
A 3-part series on SHE_SEES and Rewriting Women into Maritime History on the Mariner's Mirror Podcast.
MP and Former Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, Nusrat Ghani referenced SHE_SEES whilst speaking at the House of Commons on the 14th September 2023. Watch the clip.
Opening Night of SHE_SEES © Nikoletta Monyok
Read Lloyd's Register Foundation's summary of our London International Shipping Week activities.