Special Supplement

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects 1860 - 2010

The history of the Institution over the past 150 years is reflected in the development of the naval architecture profession and the global maritime industry during that period.  Arguably, this period saw the most dramatic and significant changes to the design and construction of ships, when it became more of a science than an art.  The Institution has made a significant contribution to that development, both collectively as an international organisation and individually through the work of its members.

To commemorate the 150 anniversary of its founding in 1860, the Institution has invited leading figures in various sectors of the maritime industry to give their personal views on the changes which their sectors have and are likely to experience, to be published in a commemorative book "The Royal Institution of Naval Architects 1860 - 2010".

A copy of "The Royal Institution of Naval Architects 1860 - 2010" will be included with the June issue of The Naval Architect.

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Editorial Content

Foreword  - Trevor Blakeley, Chief Executive Officer RINA
An Institution to be proud of - Trevor Blakeley
Headquarters 1860-2010 - Trevor Blakeley
How it all started - The Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture - Trevor Blakeley
The development of passenger shipping - Stephen Payne, Carnival Shipbuilding
Ship design - from art to science - Professor D J Andrews, UCL
The development of the offshore industry - Choo Chiau Beng, Keppel Offshore & Marine
The development of international safety regulation - Tom Allan
The development and improvement of ship survivability - Professor D Vassalos, Strathclyde University
The development of the modern yachts - Ed Dubois, Dubois Yachts
The development of high speed vessels - Nigel Gee
On the present state of the mathematical theory of naval architecture - Transactions of 1860
On the present state of the mathematical theory of naval architecture - Professor Geraint Price
Developments over the last 150 years - Geoff Fuller
Reflections of a shipbuilder - Sir John Parker, Marshal Meek and Peter Usher
The application of scientific theory to ship design 1860-2010 - Dr Larrie Ferreiro
The development of the submarine - Dr D Chalmers
Some pioneers of ship design & construction 1860-2010 - Fred Walker
Historic ships - restoration and replicas - Fred Walker
The development of the hovercraft - Brian Russell
Significant changes and events in ship design, construction and operation - Dr Ian Buxton
Enabling technology and the naval architect 1860-2010 - Dr Ian Buxton
A tribute to early naval architects - Richard White
The development of marine coatings - Dr Raouf Kattan
William Froude - A sacred duty of doubt - D K Brown (forward by Professor R Eatock Taylor) 
150 years of self regulation in the maritime industry - Alan Gavin
The development of FRP technology in ship and boat building - Robert Curry, ABS
The development of computer applications in the maritime industry - Phil Christensen
The development of hydrodynamics - Professor Philip Wilson and Tony Molland
The naval architect - A view from the bridge - Michael Grey
The next 150 Years - A personal view - Professor Richard Birmingham
History of the Australian division - John Jeremy
150 Years of shipbuilding - P Rood, VT Shipbuilding
Full mission bridge simulators and DP simulators - Jacob Pinkster
Significant Ships 1860 - 2010 - Trevor Blakeley
What else happened in 1860? -  Other significant maritime events -Trevor Blakeley
The Royal School of Naval Architecture 1864-1873 - Trevor Blakeley

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