The NAS has signed a new International Training Partner Agreement with the Portuguese Navy Research Centre (CINAV) to teach NAS courses in Portugal, Madeira and the Azores. Discover more here... Read more
Welcome aboard to our latest Nautical Archaeology Society team member, Max Smith. Joining us from France where he studies information and communication, he will be part of our communications team as an intern. Over the summer Max is going to bring a fresh set of eyes to the NAS. Discover more about Max here...... Read more
Running the London Marathon seems a fitting way to support NAS' effort to Save The London wreck. We are delighted to have two places available for the ‘virtual’ London Marathon event on Sunday 3 October 2021. Discover how to apply here.... Read more
In January 2021, Park rangers of the Southern Patagonia Coastal Marine Park in Argentina undertook NAS Training Courses given by Dr. Guillermo Gutierrez (IDEAus-Conicet, INAPL), with the participation of Dr. Dolores Elkin (Conicet-INAPL) director of PROAS-INAPL. Discover more here..... Read more
News and announcements from the NAS
The Big Anchor Project has received grant funding from the Honor Frost Foundation to help develop the project website and resources and to design a project App to help people record anchors in real time. The project starting in April will complete by the end of the year. Discover more here..... Read more
The NAS are excited to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MSDS Marine Limited to bring together the extensive experience of both organisations for the benefit of underwater cultural heritage research, promotion, education and enjoyment. Discover more here... Read more
A grant from Historic England has helped the Nautical Archaeology Society to expand our online educational courses during lockdown. Two new ‘specialist’ courses will be added covering monitoring archaeological sites through photography and photogrammetry and cannon research and recording. Find out more here... Read more
NAS CEO Mark Beattie-Edwards discusses why historical shipwrecks like the London, lost on the Thames Estuary, hold significance in today's society, and what we can do to protect them. Discover more about the wreck of the London here.... Read more
Our Education Officer, Peta Knott, started off the year with a trip to Boston – the Boston where it’s best to not mention tea! Here, she shares her experience of a conference where everything is bigger! Read more
Founding member of NAS and regular saviour of maritime heritage Valerie Fenwick and NAS member, Southampton University PhD candidate and historic boat enthusiast Jack Pink recall a remarkable collection of international boats that were once part of our UK cultural heritage but have now been dispersed overseas. Read more
Over the weekend of 28-29th of September 2019, a group of locals and volunteers took part in the NAS and MSDS Marine’s biannual survey to Sandwich, Kent, to continue the investigation into the wrecks on the foreshore. Find out what they discovered on their hunt for the "Juno" here... Read more
Hidden just off Chesil Beach lie two wreck sites which, although they have been the focus of investigations for over 10 years, their identity remains a mystery. Find out more here.. Read more
The UK’s nautical heritage is under constant threat from the ravages of nature as well as human impact. The NAS' objective is to advance education and awareness of nautical and maritime archaeological heritage so that it can be saved for future generations. Discover more here..... Read more