Whether you’re searching for the Mary Rose or a 19th century steamship lost in the Mediterranean, research is the key to success!
NAS NE, supported by Tees Archaeology and Hartlepool Museums & Heritage Service, is inviting anyone with an interest in ships and the sea to take part in “Ship-shape and Hartlepool-fashion”.
This international research project aims to discover the histories of nearly 2000 ships built in Hartlepool between 1836 and 1961; to track their voyages, learn about their crews and passengers, and discover their final resting places.
There is a huge amount of “hidden” information about these ships just waiting to be discovered, but we need your help to track it down – much of which can be done from the comfort of your own home!
All we would ask you to do is first complete and return a Project Volunteer Form (please email gary.green@hartlepool.gov.uk for a copy of the form)
We will then provide you with the names of two Hartlepool-built ships and ask you to track them through a run of digitised Lloyd’s Registers (covering the period 1930-1945), available on the PortCities Southampton website (http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/), recording any significant changes of information, for example, new owners, or a new Captain etc., on a project-specific recording form (also available as a download).
Then simply send your completed recording form back to us and we will add the data to the ‘Hartlepool-built’ website – with your contribution fully acknowledged of course.
For more details please follow this link to the NAS NE webpage
http://www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/projects/shiphape.php
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