Society for Nautical Research

The Society for Nautical Research (SNR ) is a British company founded in 1910 for naval history. Seat is Greenwich ( London).

It has approximately 1600 members from over 30 countries ( 2013). It is also aligned thematically internationally.

In 1921 she organized a fundraiser for the preservation of HMS Victory. Even today, their conservation is one of their tasks. In 1926 she also oversaw their restoration in dry dock. She sits down as well for the preservation of other historic ships, which supports research on the maritime history and underwater archeology, makes purchases for the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, at its foundation in 1934, it involved and its first director Geoffrey Callender, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the SNR was. Also at the founding of the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth (1938 ), which arose from the Victory Museum of society, she was involved as well in the creation of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth, in addition to the naval history of Cornwall and the collection of smaller includes watercraft that was previously in Greenwich.

It organizes conferences and symposia and publishes the journal Marriner 's Mirror, which published quarterly since 1911.

Patron is the time of Admiral Duke of Edinburgh and President of the Duke of York ( 2013).