User:LRFHEC

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Lloyd's Register Foundation, 71 Fenchurch Street, London.

The Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Heritage & Education Centre is a public-facing library and archive holding material concerning over 260 years of marine and engineering science and history. The Centre is a part of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and is focused on enhancing public education and research in a number of areas, from maritime history to STEM disciplines. The Centre are the custodians of Lloyd’s Register’s vast archive, with materials dating back to the 1830s. The archive holds over 1.25 million ship plans and survey reports, the historic photograph collection, Lloyd’s Register corporate history documents and much more. To date, the Heritage and Education Centre have uploaded 5005 documents from our Ship Plan and Survey Report Collection, comprised of 16 boxes, 1082 ships and 184 unique places of build, to Wikimedia Commons. All of these documents are available in PDF format and have been assigned a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Our unique ship plan and survey reports hold a wealth of information concerning vessels classed by Lloyd's Register. Dating back to the 1830s, the collection offers an insight into the design, construction and servicing of ships throughout their career. From correspondence, to telegrams, and midship sections. Since January 2019, the Centre has uploaded nearly 600,000 documents to its website for users to freely download and research. To take a look at the entire Ship Plan and Survey Report Collection please visit our online catalogue. Please be aware there may be material within the Collection that contains imagery or information that some may find upsetting. The documents were produced within the context of the time and do not reflect the views or opinions of Lloyd's Register or the Lloyd's Register Foundation today.

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