Third Symposium on Shipbuilding on the Thames and Thames-Built Ships
Saturday, 18 February 2006
9.30am - 5pm
PROGRAMME
Morning Session
- The Thames Merchant Yards in the Napoleonic War
Helen Doe, University of Exeter
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The Royal Dockyards of the Thames and Medway and the Introduction of Steam Power and Iron Ship Construction
Dr Philip MacDougall, Naval Dockyard historian and author
Coffee Break
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Thames shipyards and the American Civil War
Kevin Foster, Director, National Maritime Initiative, National Parks Service, Washington
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The Merchant Banker, the Broker and the Company Chairman: The Thames Iron New Issue
Professor Janette Rutterford, Open University Business School
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Who was the ‘London Engineer’?
Stuart Rankin, Transport and Industrial Historian
Afternoon Session
- Civilian stationary training ships on the River Thames from 1783
Dr Alston Kennerley, University of Plymouth
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Yarrow’s shipbuilding yard on the Isle of Dogs
Peter Webberley, formerly of University of Portsmouth
- Early steamship services on the Thames
Hugh Lyon, Maritime historian
Tea Break
- Fitting out of early steam ships at the City Canal on the Isle of Dogs
Dr Roger Owen, Packet service historian
- John Penn & Son, Marine Engineers of Greenwich
Richard Hartree, a descendent of John Penn
The symposium will be held in the Howe Lecture Theatre, University of Greenwich, Queen Anne Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich from 9.30am – 5pm. The attendance fee is £20 which includes refreshments during the breaks but does not cover the cost of lunch.
For further details and to register please contact the Organising Secretary, Roger Owen by the following email address:
Further information about the 2006 Thames Shipbuilding Conference will be published on this page as it becomes available.