Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
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Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
Maritime Archive and Library
Temporary archive display, until 3 September 2010
John Masefield, in his role as president of the Conway Club, autographing prizes in 1932. Image reference DX/993
John Masefield, Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967, was best known to many as a 'poet of the sea'. This connection to the sea began in Liverpool in 1891, when as a 13 year old boy Masefield was enrolled on the training ship HMS Conway, moored in the Mersey.
Find out more about how the sea helped shape his career in the following extracts from the archive display.
