Centre for Port and Maritime History Conference: The War at Sea
Saturday 16 May 2026
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT
Commemorating 110 years since the Battle of Jutland, this is CPMH's fourth conference on the theme of War at Sea. Registration: £8.50, includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
Programme
09.30am: Registration and Refreshments
10.00am: Welcome: Dr David Clampin, Centre for Port and Maritime History
10.15am: Dr Laura Rowe, University of Exeter. 'The Battle of Jutland ‘Big Debate’
10.55am: Dr Martin Robson, University of Exeter. 'Julian Corbett, the Battle of Jutland and the controversial concept of 'decisive battle’
11.35am: Refreshments
12.00pm: Dr Louis Halewood, University of Lincoln. 'Jutland: the Idea of Battle in Maritime Strategy'
12.40pm: Lunch
13.25pm: Chris Sams, Independent Scholar. 'The pre-dreadnoughts, the German High Seas fleet and the Battle of Jutland'
14.05pm: Dr Melanie Bassett, University of Portsmouth. 'Naval Widows, Port Cities, and the War at Sea: The Aftermath of the Battle of Jutland'
14.45pm: Refreshments
15.15pm: Keynote Alan Wakefield, Imperial War Museum North. 'The Zeebrugge Raid'
16.35pm: Close: Prof. Nicholas J. White, Co-director, Centre for Port and Maritime History
Zone North