KCB KCVO, Secretary of the Office of Works, Mr Roger C. Anderson, FS A, Member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research, Prof Geoffrey Callender, FSA, Royal Naval College Greenwich.The Trust, which was largely staffed by officials of the Society, eventually created a home for the items, prints and drawings, including the Macpherson Collection, in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The Macpherson Collection endowment fund In 1927 The Society launched an appeal to raise £120,00 in order to save 11,000 maritime prints, drawings and paintings collected by yachtsman and collector Arthur Macpherson from being sold abroad. Caird stepped in again and purchased the entire collection. This enabled the funds raised by public subscription to be used to establish the Macpherson Collection Endowment Fund, which purchases art, prints and drawings for the nation, which are held in the National Maritime Museum. The Macpherson Collection Endowment Fund is administered by the Society. In September 2021, the fund helped the National Maritime Museum acquire a painting by Tilly Kettle that depicts Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet, Richard Kempenfelt and Thomas Parry on HMS Norfolk. The painting went on permanent display in the Queen's House gallery in Autumn 2022. Research and awards The Society supports new research by providing grants to students undertaking nautical research and seminars and conferences on maritime themes. It also provides financial support to the annual conference for new researchers in maritime history. The Society presents three medals: The annual Anderson Medal book award, named after founder and naval scholar Dr R. C. Anderson, The occasionally awarded Anderson Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Maritime History. and the Victory Medal, awarded to those who have displayed notable dedication in the conservation of a historic vessel. Since 2017 the Society has also organised its own conferences in partnership with other institutions. A recent example includes an event held in Bristol in 2019 with SS Great Britain and the Brunel Institute. The Mariner's Mirror The Mariner's Mirror is the Society's peer-reviewed quarterly journal. First published in 1911, the journal publishes original papers, articles, notes and book reviews on a wide range of topics relating to humankind's relationship with the sea, including archaeology, shipbuilding and design, historic vessels, naval tactics, administration and logistics, merchant seafaring, shiphandling and seamanship and other subjects of nautical interest. The Mariner's Mirror is ranked as an ERIH Plus journal by the European Reference Index for the