Find out about our forthcoming events here. Meetings are normally held at the Royal Maritime Club, Queen Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3HS, at 2.00 PM on the second Saturday of the month (January to May and October to December). Lunch is available in the bar from 12.30.
Additionally, the society organises day trips and a multi-day excursion during the summer break.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 8 November | AGM plus Alistair Feltham: The Chinese PLA Navy surface fleet from 1960 to 2030 |
| 13 December | Mark Brady: Gunboats on the River Danube 1918-20 and Derek Nudd: 1910: The real riddle of the sands? |
| 10 January 2026 | Jeremy Thomas: SMS Emden and Jim Baumann: Model ships at miniature scales |
| 14 February | Cheryl Jewitt: The Triangle Girls and Derek Nudd: Pirates (Peter Webberley memorial) |
| 14 March | Admiral Jonathon Band: First Sea Lording and Mark Brady: The Losses of HMS Eden (1916) and HMS Curacoa (1942) |
| 11 April (Doreen Hobbs Memorial) | Brian Lavery: The View from the Gunroom – Midshipmen’s Journals in Two World Wars and Matthew Heaslip: Strategic Leisure – Sun, Sea, Sand and Spies |
| 9 May | Paul Chamberlain: Villeneuve: The Inconvenient Admiral and Richard Blake: The impact of Admiral Lord Barham |
| May/June | Overnight trip to Chatham in association with the Society of Model Shipwrights (date TBC) |
| 13 June | Meeting TBA |
| July | Day visit TBA |
| August | Day visit TBA |
| September | Day visit TBA |
| 10 October | David Verghese: X-Craft midget submarines and Nick Hawkins: The German Navies 1945 -1956 |
Time permitting, the main event is followed by a short talk by one of our members on a subject close to their heart. We have a number of fascinating snippets lined up for the coming months. Alternatively, if there is a topic you would like explored, why not put it on the agenda?
See the News page on this site for a record of recent meetings.