The Ordnance Society

The 2020 list of Ordnance Society visits has just been assembled by Neil Grant and is another excellent list of venues and events – something for everyone!

Details are on the VISITS page.

The booking form for the above conference, Where Empires Collide: Dockyards and Naval Bases in and around the Indian Ocean, is now available for download from the ORDNANCE RELATED EVENTS page.

After a slight delay at the printers Newsletter No. 128 was posted today.

There is a slight amendment to page 4 where the number of AGM attendees, 14, has been inserted, as well as the page number, 15, of the AGM minutes.

The latest Newsletter is now available for downloading from the web-site PUBLICATIONS page and its password has been added to the “Ordnance Society Newsletter Passwords” file, on the same page.  Hard copies will be posted to those members opting for printed newsletters later this week.

A few pictures are on the EVENTS page and more will be added to a new folder on the ‘Flickr’ page soon.

Our first joint conference, with the Nautical Archaeology Society, held in Portsmouth during 16^th and 17^th November, gave the 170 delegates a wide range of talks to digest and enjoy and opportunities to meet old friends and make new ones.

There was a fascinating selection of sponsors’ stands in the entrance foyer where we all learnt about how wonderful some of the new technologies were; and appreciated the enthusiasm of their proponents.

There were also pre- and post- conference events including a tour of Fort Cumberland and Beer and Skittles on the Friday; and tours of Fort Nelson and the Explosion Museum on the Monday.

A few pictures of the event will be put on the PUBLICATIONS page and a piece in the next Newsletter, published in January.