Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 9th December 2025

Time: 7pm

Venue: Room 1.09, Park Building, King Henry I St, Portsmouth, PO1 2BZ

Description: During the latter half of the Cold War, the Royal Navy faced some of its greatest challenges: both at sea confronting the increasingly capable and impressive Soviet Navy, and on shore when it faced policy crises that threatened the survival of much of the fleet. During this remarkable period, the Navy had rarely been so focussed on a single theatre of war – the Eastern Atlantic – but also rarely so politically vulnerable. This paper will explore these and other issues and argue that the Cold War at sea has been neglected in both the popular and the academic literature and was in many ways the crucial arena of East-West confrontation up to the end of the 1980s.

How to book: No need to book, just turn up

Price: £4

Email: portsmouthhistorybranch@gmail.com

Organiser: Kate

Lecturer: ”, Ed Hampshire, Naval Historical Branch

Region: South-East England

Branch: Portsmouth