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Richard Woodman, Peter Hore, Brian Lavery and Lord Selsdon talk to Dan Snow
Empire of the Seas
Hay Festival 2010,
A distinguished naval panel review Britain’s great maritime culture, and consider the resourcing and strategies for defence of the realm in a C21st when piracy is rife, military capability is servicing two major fronts and still more than 90% of our international trade is moved by ship. Woodman is Elder Brother of Trinity House and a Merchant Navy historian, Hore is former Head of Defence Studies, historian Lavery is Emeritus Curator at the National Maritime Museum, and Selsdon speaks on Defence and Trade. The event is introduced by the Royal Marine Corps of Drums from CTC Lympstone.
Sponsored by Seafarer Books and The Maritime Foundation