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The Maritime Kent Special Interest Group has been set up as a focal point to support and to disseminate research and information relating to Kent’s rich maritime heritage.
Vanessa Sanderson, Jason Mazzocchi and Kieron Hoyle, 2024, KAS Magazine, Issue 123 (Winter 2024). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
KAS Magazine, Issue 123 (Winter 2024). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
The KAS Maritime Kent Research Group reports on The Kent Shipbuilding Conference held at Chatham Historic Dockyard on the 7th and 8th November 2024.
Report by Vanessa Sanderson, Jason Mazzocchi and Kieron Hoyle on the Shipbuilding conference at Chatham Dockyard organised jointly by KAS Maritime Kent Research Group and Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. Featured on the Centre for Kent History blog at the Canterbury Christ Church University website.
Dr Philip MacDougall outlines his research into the influence and connections of Kent’s naval facilities with the Russian Navy through from Peter I's visit to Chatham in 1698 to the later use of Chatham by the Russian Navy during the French Wars of the eighteenth century.
The extended and updated Maison Dieu website now includes much more detailed information about the history of the building, including its many maritime links.
Dave Batchelor and Paul Damon of the Sandwich Medieval Trust give an update on a fascinating project to build a replica of a medieval ship.
A report on the first meeting of the Maritime Kent Special Interest Group held on 5th January 2023 at Chatham Dockyard.
Kerry Brown, 2022, KAS Magazine, Issue 117 (New Year 2022), Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
A wide-ranging history of the geography and communities of Kent from the earliest times to the present day. Edited by Stuart Bligh, Elizabeth Edwards and Sheila Sweetinburgh.
Maritime Kent Group Chair Stuart Bligh is delivering a talk for the The Friends of Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre (FOMA) on the fascinating and touching tale of William Harrison: the clipper ship captain.
The Kent Shipbuilding conference organised jointly by KAS (Maritime Kent Research Group) and Chatham Historic Dockyard.
