⏰OPEN HOUSE - THIS SEPTEMBER ⏰ A self-guided journey through spectacular heritage spaces, including the General Committee Room, Grand Hall, Boardroom and libraries! 🗓️19th September 2026 📍 Self-guided entry available between 10:00am and 4:00pm ⏰ Last entry at 3:45pm

Before GPS, sailors relied on coastal landmarks. In 1801, John Thomas Serres used aquatint engraving to create clearer, more detailed coastal profiles in The Little Sea Torch, helping mariners navigate more safely. 🗺️🌊 Discover the story 👉 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/stories/navi...

VISIT SHE_SEES THIS SUMMER✨ An exhibition that celebrates women then, now and onward. Take a visit this summer holiday and learn about women's roles in the maritime industry, then and now 😯 🗓️OPEN DAILY 10-4pm 📍Portsmouth Historic Quarter ✨Exhibition ends December 2026

🏛️Open House Festival🏛️ Take a self-guided journey through spectacular heritage spaces, including the Grand Hall, Boardroom and libraries, exploring archives and stories of maritime safety. 🗓️19th September 2026 📍 Self-guided entry available between 10:00am and 4:00pm ⏰ Last entry at 3:45pm

⚓️ What happens when a wooden ship reaches the end of its life? Discover how famous ships like HMS Temeraire and Chesapeake lived on long after their seafaring days, and explore the fascinating stories hidden within reclaimed ship timbers. 🌊👉 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/stories/the-...

The Wasteneys Smith Stockless Anchor was patented in 1871 by its inventor, William Wasteneys Smith and went on to change forever this crucial aspect of maritime safety.😯 It was a simple but clever design which presented many advantages over traditional anchors.

Double Olympic Gold medallist, record-breaking sailor and strategist for the Emirates GB team in Sail GP- Hannah Mills OBE✨ Sail GP is once again racing this weekend at Portsmouth. 🗓️ 25th-26th July 2026 📍Portsmouth, UK

Underwater noise from engines and propellers is disrupting how whales, dolphins and fish communicate, feed and navigate. The good news? Quieter ship designs and smarter regulations could help turn down the volume. 🌍🐋 Read more 👉 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/stories/mari...

❄️🌊 Researchers from the UArctic x Lloyd’s Register Foundation Fellowship Programme are exploring how climate change, technology, Indigenous knowledge, and community experiences can help shape a safer maritime future. 👉 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/news/emergin...

Emerging Insights from the UArctic x Lloyd's Register Foundation Fellowship Programme

As sea ice retreats, Arctic waters are becoming more accessible to shipping, tourism and industry, yet this accessibility is matched by new risks. The UArctic programme team reflects.

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From apprentice to Lloyd’s Register’s first surveyor in Caen, Valdemar McLelland Linklater’s career spanned shipyards, international ports, and even the battlefields of the First World War. Read about the Surveyors of LR's past by @samwright.bsky.social 👉 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/stories/surv...

Meet Alfred W.B. Edwards: a surveyor whose LR's career spanned 35 years, from London and Liverpool to Hull, becoming one of the port’s longest-serving Principal Surveyors. ⚓ Read about a career dedicated to ships, written by @samwright.bsky.social 👇 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/stories/surv...

The Ocean Map Book invites children to see the ocean through a new lens using the Spilhaus projection - a map that presents the world's oceans as a single, interconnected system. 🪼🐠🌊 Launched for #WorldOceansDay, it highlights the vital role our oceans play in shaping life on Earth🌍

How did sailors navigate before modern charts and instruments? In The Little Sea Torch (1801), maritime knowledge came to life through aquatint engraving - a new technology that transformed coastal sketches into detailed, readable guides. ⚓Read more 👉 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/stories/navi...

The age of sail ➡️modern steel ships 🛠️⚒️ Established in 1760, Lloyd’s Register has played a crucial role in maritime safety, collecting evidence of innovation in shipbuilding at pivotal moments in the 19th and 20th century.

Explore our growing collection of digital resources – from ship plans and register books to research guides... ✨Lloyd's Register of Shipping ✨Lloyd's Register of Yachts ✨Casualty Returns ✨Lloyd's of London Missing Vessel Books ✨List of Surveyors

Just over a year ago, 14 books were selected to undergo interventive conservation due to their poor and fragile condition. Now restored, these volumes can be explored once again, ensuring their stories remain part of our shared maritime heritage. 👉 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/blogs/preser...

🌊 Dive into the stories behind shipwrecks. From 18th-century records to detailed wreck reports and rare photographs, these collections reveal how ships were lost and how lessons shaped maritime safety. Explore our research guides today: heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/shipwreck-re...

Months away from home. Long hours. Isolation. For many seafarers, the greatest challenges aren’t always visible. This #DayOfTheSeafarer, we shine a light on mental health at sea—and the need to support those who navigate it every day. 🌍💙

June 2026 marks a milestone in Lloyd’s Register’s global history: 140th anniversary of LR in Brazil. In Brazil, the first non-exclusive surveyor was appointed in Rio de Janeiro, 1886. This was followed by the first LR office opening in Bahia, 1888, appointing its first exclusive surveyor in 1896.

The Library at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Heritage Centre has a new display to celebrate London Climate Action Week 20th-28th June #WorldOceanDay #LondonClimateActionWeek 💙🐠🪼🌊

1 month since the launch of SHE SEES India🌊✨ Explore our digital showcase of stories collected as part of the Rewriting Women into Maritime History initiative- showcasing women, past, present and future. heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/stories/shes...

In 1908, artist Frank Brangwyn was commissioned to create a striking series celebrating London’s dock workers for Lloyd’s Register’s headquarters at 71 Fenchurch Street. But decades later… the panels vanished. Read about the mysterious disappearance 😮 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/blogs/frank-...

June 2026 marks two important milestones in LR’s global history: 140 years in Sri Lanka and in Egypt.🌟 In Sri Lanka, the first non-exclusive surveyor was appointed in Colombo in 1886, with the first exclusive surveyor following in 1945.

Lloyd's Register & Lloyd's Register Foundation are delighted to announce the appointment of Matthias Altendorf as the new chair of its boards. Matthias will succeed current chair Thomas Thune Andersen when he leaves the role at the end of his tenure in June 2027. Read more: https://loom.ly/l-3hrAQ

Lloyd's Register and Lloyd's Register Foundation are delighted to announce the appointment of Matthias Altendorf as the new chair of its boards. Matthias will succeed current chair Thomas Thune Andersen when he leaves the role at the end of his tenure in June 2027.

Shipwrecks, rescues, and the stories of those who lived and worked by the sea 🌊 Explore a rare collection of lantern slides by Frank Strike capturing dramatic maritime moments along the Cornish coast from the 1890s to the 1960s! 📚🚢 heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/blogs/frank-...

Last week, Lloyd's Register Foundation and the SHE_SEES team attended Posidonia in Athens, Greece. The team conducted interviews and portrait photography with women working across the industry. ✨

🌍⚓ Oceans apart, but working as one crew Life at sea brings together people from across the world - but communication isn’t always smooth sailing. Around 80% of the global fleet operates with multilingual crews, where language differences can impact safety, teamwork, and wellbeing.

World War records in the Lloyd’s Register archives 📚 Lloyd’s Register played an important part in supporting the national effort during both World Wars. Staff were seconded to the government as advisors, and during the First World War, women were employed at the head office for the first time.

World War records in the Lloyd’s Register archives

Lloyd’s Register archives provide detailed records into the organisation’s involvement during both World Wars. The collections include official records, special wartime books and donations.

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The records of the Furness Shipbuilding Company📚 Our latest cataloguing project uncovers the story of the Furness Shipbuilding Company - once building some of the largest ships of its time on the River Tees!