The Royal Dockyards and the Pressures of Global War, 1793-1815

The Royal Dockyards and the Pressures of Global War, 1793-1815

When

25 April    
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Where

National Maritime Museum Greenwich
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF

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The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars placed the royal dockyards, both home and overseas, under unprecedented strain. A huge increase in workload necessitated greatly expended workforces, the adoption of new technologies and working methods, and a series of contentious reforms and counter-reforms. Papers will evaluate the effectiveness of the dockyards’ work, and the nature and scale of the work carried out.

Speakers include:

Dr Roger Morriss: Innovation and Adaptation to Global War. Royal Dockyard Management and the Industrial Revolution 1793-1815

Catherine Beck: The Patronage of Dockyard Artificers, 1793-1815

Dr J D Davies: The Strange Life and Stranger Death of Milford Dockyard

Dr John F Day: Securing an Ocean for an Empire: British Naval Bases and the Eastern Seas (1784-1815)

Major John R Grodzinski, CD, PhD: The Royal Navy Dockyard ad Point Frederick on Lake Ontario, 1814-1815

John Harris MA(Oxf) MA (GMI) FIH: The Naval Dockyard at English Harbour. Heroism or Logistics?

Nives Lokosek: Did the Arsenal in Hvar (Croatia) experience its own Waterloo?

Fee includes buffet lunch, teas/coffees: £40; £35 retired and unwaged; £20 FT students. Please contact Dr Ann Coats  (ann.coats@port.ac.uk) by 17 April 2015 to register your place.

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