Mountbatten Maritime Prize
The Mountbatten Maritime Prize is awarded annually by the Maritime Foundation (formerly the British Maritime Charitable Foundation) to the author of a distinguished publication that has made a significant contribution to the maritime history of the United Kingdom. The prize is a piece of silver plate. The Trustees of the Maritime Foundation award the prize based on the recommendation of an Awards Committee. [1]
Recipients
Source: Maritime Foundation
- 2000 Rear-Admiral J. Richard Hill
- 2001 Jim Ring
- 2002 Andrew Williams and the BBC Battle of the Atlantic Team
- 2003 Peter Padfield, Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom
- 2004 Tom Pocock
- 2005 Professor R. J. B. Knight, The Pursuit of Victory - The Life and Achievements of Horatio Nelson
- 2006 Nicolette Jones, The Plimsoll Sensation (Little, Brown/Abacus)
- 2007 Captain Andrew Welch FNI RN Rtd, The Royal Navy and the Cod Wars
- 2011 David Abulafia, The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
- 2014 Andrew Adams & Richard Woodman,Light upon the Waters: the History of Trinity House [2]
- 2015 Barry Gough, Pax Britannica: Ruling the Waves and Keeping the Peace before Armageddon (Palgrave Macmillan)
See also
References
- ^ "The Mountbatten Maritime Award". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ http://julianstockwin.com/2015/03/03/bookpick-light-upon-the-waters/