The Ordnance Society

The “Cannon Drawings” link at the bottom of the PUBLICATIONS page has been changed and the drawings are now included in the ‘drop-down’ section of Rudi Roth’s personal website, which contains a lot of very interesting additional information, pictures and video clips.

There are two conferences next year with ‘Calls for Papers’; details are on the ORDNANCE EVENTS PAGE

The Naval Dockyards Society-

“From Yards to Hards: Preparing Allied Naval Forces for the 1944 Normandy Landings”

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The Ordnance Society and The Royal Armouries-

“Artillery Post 1800 – Targets, Technology & Tactics”

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The latest indices on the PUBLICATIONS page have now been updated to include Newsletter No. 143.

The Agenda  for the AGM is now available on the EVENTS page

The latest Newsletter No. 143 is now available for download from the DOWNLOADS sub-page of the PUBLICATIONS page; and is available for members only.  Apologies for the delay.

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at The Royal Armouries Fort Nelson, Fareham, Portsmouth PO17 6AN on Sunday 29th October, starting at 1100; tea & coffee from 1030 in the Education Room. You will be directed from the Visitor Centre. The meeting should be finished by 1300.

Lunch can be taken in the excellent Café.

After lunch, a tour of the Fort will be offered, or members can make their own way around this extensive collection.

Please confirm your intention to attend to Nicholas Hall, Hon Sec by email to aghada_hall@yahoo.co.uk

The Board is most grateful for accommodating us at Fort Nelson despite the main reception suite being already booked for another event.

The Board welcomes nominations for new members of the Board. Please make sure first that the nominee is willing to stand.

The Agenda will be issued in due course.

Nicholas Hall

The latest indices on the PUBLICATIONS page have now been updated and include Newsletter No. 142.

Ordnance Society member Rob Brassington has recently uploaded another of his superb animations on the 12.5-inch RML, this time showing many of the technical aspects of operating the gun, as well as its manufacture.  All 68 of his animations are available on the ‘drop-down’ ANIMATIONS page from PUBLICATIONS.

The Ordnance Society is collaborating with The Big Cannon Project (BCP) to become the  host organisation data custodian of the project. The BCP will make an interesting complement to the Artillery Surveys that the Ordnance Society has been running for a number of years.

The Big Cannon Project grew out of discussions on the  Big Cannon Project Facebook group about the need for a database of muzzle loading cannons to supplement the more anecdotal approach of the group. Launched formally in 2019, at the joint Ordnance Society / Nautical Archaeology Society conference, the BCP has created an online recording system that allows participants to input location, photographs and measurements of cannons anywhere in the world. The website allows input at three different levels of complexity: observer, recorder or surveyor. There are more than 3,000 cannons recorded to date, with contributors throughout the world.

The Big Cannon Project is at:

https://www.bigcannonproject.org/

The latest Newsletter No. 142 has been delayed due to a lack of content, which has now been alleviated due to OS members’ efforts.  It is now available for download from the DOWNLOADS sub-page of the PUBLICATIONS page; and is available for members only.