Location
National Maritime Museum Greenwich
Naval Dockyards Society
Twenty-Second Annual Conference
Saturday 24 March 2018 National Maritime Museum Greenwich 11–4.30
The role of naval bases in maritime operations in the Mediterranean during the 18th century
This conference will examine the role of littoral and offshore naval facilities (dockyards, anchorages, naval hospitals, hospital ships, guardships, etc) of the Royal Navy and other naval powers whose ships operated in the Mediterranean during the long 18th century (1688–1815). It will explore the nature of these facilities in the heavily contested Mediterranean. How significant were Royal Navy facilities to British defeat or victory? How did they compare with facilities constructed by other naval powers operating within the Mediterranean?
REGISTRATION 9.30-11.00 Conference delegates Coffee/Tea/Biscuits
Conference Speakers 11.00–4.30
Jane Bowden-Dan, Victualling ‘Nelson’s Navy’ from anchorages in the Mediterranean during the French Wars, especially the Napoleonic period, 1803–1815
Gareth Cole, The role and establishments of British Ordnance Yards in the Mediterranean during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Jim Humberstone, Momentous Moves: Nelson’s Traverse of the Middle Sea, 4 May to 1/2 August 1798.
Philip MacDougall, The Naval Dockyard of Istanbul and its role in the failed attempt to thwart Greek Independence, 1770–1827
Ian Stafford, Strategy and the Forward Base: Lissa 1808 to 1814
Catherine Scheybeler, Spain’s eighteenth-century naval base at Cartagena: Exploring the relationship between naval strategy and modernising naval infrastructure.
Cost: £45.00 includes buffet lunch, teas and coffees; £40.00 NDS members, retired, unwaged
£20.00 FT students
Booking form Mediterranean Conference March 2018
Please return form and cheque by 10 March 2018 to the Treasurer: David Jenkins, 5 Beeby Way, Carlton, Bedfordshire, MK43 7LW