The Society for Nautical Research (South)
The objectives of the SNR(South) are to encourage and disseminate research into all matters of nautical and maritime interest. Membership is open to anybody interested in these matters. The annual subscription is £12.
Honorary Secretary: Mr P.K. Hope-Lang, Tel: 01243 811388
The SNR(South) meets on the second Saturday of each month from October to May in the Royal Naval Club, 17 Pembroke Road, Old Portsmouth (near the Cathedral). Meetings start at 1400. Members may lunch beforehand in the Club (full lunch or bar lunch); for reservations and information telephone: Miss C. Frost 023 9266 0389.
SNR(South) - Programme 2007
All meetings are held on Saturdays at 2.00pm at The Royal Naval Club, 17 Pembroke Road, Old Portsmouth. Admission is free. For details, tel: 01730 261 235
Jan 13th. Dr. D. J. Hawksley . “ The Revd. Berthon and his Boats”
Feb 10th. Captain John McGrath, RN
“Naval Officers’ Swords”
March 17th. Mr. Rodney Bennett
Captain Pack Memorial Lecture
“RN Operations in the Baltic in 1919”
April 14th. Mr. R. E. Forrester
“The General Steam Navigation Company Ltd. 1850 -- 1920“
May 19th Mr. Deryck Swetnam
“The Flanders U-Boat Flotillas in the Great War”
Oct. 13th Mr. Roger Quarm
“The National Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection, 1937--2007”
Nov.10th Annual General Meeting
“HMS WHIMBREL and the Battle of the Atlantic Memorial Project
Dec.8th Members’ Research