history

D-day – The starting point for modern UK oceanography

Allied troops landing on the beaches

Prior to the landings on 6 June 1944 on the Normandy beaches, a small research group was formed in the Admiralty Research Laboratory at Teddington in Middlesex.

In memoriam of Dr David Cartwright FRS

Dr David Cartwright FRS

The National Oceanography Centre is saddened to learn of the death of Dr David Cartwright FRS.

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