Maritime Media Awards 2024
Six Park Place, London
Thursday, 17 October 2024
The Desmond Wettern Award for Best Writer
The Award is made to the individual whose thinking or writing, in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has made the most decisive contribution in informing and influencing public awareness of future maritime issues during the qualifying period.
WINNER
- Karen McVeigh
Senior Reporter
The Guardian
NOMINEES
- Michelle Wiese Bockmann
Shipping & Commodities Editor and Analyst
Lloyd's List - Max Lin
Principal Journalist
S&P Global Commodity Insights - Anna Lindstedt
Ambassador for the Ocean
Government of Sweden - George Monbiot
Columnist
The Guardian - Paul Owen
Editor
IFSMA Newsletter - Ian Ralby
Senior Fellow
Center for Maritime Strategy - Tom Sharpe OBE
Columnist
The Telegraph
The Maritime Foundation Award for Best Book
The Award is made to the author of the work of literature published in English during the qualifying period that, in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has contributed most significantly to public engagement with maritime issues.
WINNER
- Jon Wise
The Royal Navy and Fishery Protection: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present
Seaforth Publishing
NOMINEES
- Paul Beaver
Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot
Michael Joseph
- Christiaan De Beukelaer
Trade Winds: A voyage to a sustainable future for shipping
Manchester University Press - David Bowers
Home Waters: Discovering the submerged science of Britain’s coast
Adlard Coles - Paul Brown
Elizabeth’s Navy: Seventy Years of the Postwar Royal Navy
Osprey Publishing - Charles Clover
Rewilding the Sea: How to Save our Oceans
Witness Books - Nick Collins
The Millennium Maritime Trade Revolution, 700–1700: How Asia Lost Maritime Supremacy
Pen & Sword Maritime - Jeffrey Cox
Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943
Osprey Publishing - Charles Doane
The Boy Who Fell to Shore: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald
Latah Books - Stefan Draminski
The Aircraft Carrier Hiryu
Osprey Publishing - Steve R. Dunn
The Petrol Navy: British, American and Other Naval Motor Boats at War, 1914–1920
Seaforth Publishing - Manuel Blasco Felip, Enrique Garcia-Torralba Pérez, John Tredrea, Rif Winfield
Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail, 1700–1860
Seaforth Publishing - Elizabeth Foscue
Boat Girl: A Misadventure
Keylight Books - Norman Friedman
British Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After
Seaforth Publishing - Mary Fuller
Lines Drawn Across the Globe: Reading Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations
McGill-Queen's University Press - David Grann
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Simon & Schuster UK - Steve Haywood, Moira Haynes
101 Wonders of the Waterways: A guide to the sights and secrets of Britain's canals and rivers
Adlard Coles - Suzanne Heywood
Wavewalker: Breaking Free
William Collins - Richard J. King
Sailing Alone: A History
Particular Books - Angus Konstam
The Convoy: HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler's U-boats
Osprey Publishing - Brian Lavery
Two Navies Divided: The British and United States Navies in the Second World War
Seaforth Publishing - Brian Lavery
Royal Yachts Under Sail
Seaforth Publishing - Simon Mills
Olympic Titanic Britannic: The anatomy and evolution of the Olympic Class
Adlard Coles - Phillip Parkerson
The One Ship Fleet: The USS Boise (CL-47), 1938–45
Casemate Publishers - Jean de Pomereu, Danielle McCahey
Antarctica: A History in 100 Objects
Conway - Hannah Rudd
Britain's Living Seas: Our Coastal Wildlife and How We Can Save It
Bloomsbury Wildlife - Kim Sherwood
A Wild & True Relation
Virago - Michael Smith, Jonathan Franklin
Cabin Fever: Trapped on board a cruise ship when the pandemic hit
Endeavour - Ray Solly
BP Shipping Pictorial: The Golden Years, 1945–1975
Whittles Publishing - Mark Stille
Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle
Osprey Publishing - Hannah Stowe
Move Like Water: A Story of the Sea and Its Creatures
Granta Books - Paul Strachan
The Fabulous Flotilla: Scotland’s Adventure on the Rivers of Burma
Whittles Publishing - Jon Tucker
Well-Intentioned Advice: A Life-Voyage Afloat
Storm Bay Books - Conrad Waters
Seaforth World Naval Review: 2024
Seaforth Publishing - Michael Welham
Combat Divers: An illustrated history of special forces divers
Osprey Publishing
The Donald Gosling Award for Best Audio-Visual Production
The Award is made to the director, producer, or other person responsible for making the film or television programme, released or broadcast in the United Kingdom during the qualifying period, that in the opinion of the Awards Committee has significantly influenced understanding of, or participation in, the maritime dimension.
WINNER
- Sarah Cunliffe
Our Lives: Our Sea Forest
Big Wave Productions/BBC One
NOMINEES
- Anna Brett
Murder in the Pacific
Oxford Scientific Films/BBC Two - Sam Budd
Secrets of the World’s Most Expensive Cruise Ship
ITN Productions/Channel 5 - Remco Garcia
Dutch Caribbean Coastguards
Goya Productions/National Geographic - Megan Gerrie
Lighthouses: Building the Impossible
October Films/Channel 5 - David Gilbert
Deep Water Salvage
Renowned Films/Sky History - Jess Howe
Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch
Frank Films/BBC One - Tom Kent
Killer Storm: The Fastnet Disaster
ITN Productions/Channel 5 - Andrew Killawee
Viking Quest: America
Arcadia Entertainment/Sky History - David Mackay
Saving Lives at Sea
blast! By The Sea/BBC Two - Kate Maddigan, Max Welch, Tim Withers
Coastal Defenders
Renowned Films/BBC Two - Cal Major, James Appleton
Scotland Ocean Nation
Reel Soul Movies/STV - Gursharan Singh Nijjar
Coastguard: Search & Rescue SOS
Middlechild Productions/Channel 5 - Steven Perring
Raising the Mary Rose: The Lost Tapes
Stand Tall Media/Channel 4 - Tim Rudd
U-Boat Wargamers
World Media Rights/Sky History - Ian Rumsey
Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea
ITN Productions/Channel 5 - Crispin Sadler
Drain the Oceans: $20 Million Time Bomb
Mallinson Sadler Productions/National Geographic - William Simpson
Secrets of the Lost Liners
Content Kings/Sky History - Claire Smith
Inferno At Sea: The Deepwater Disaster
ITN Productions/Channel 5 - Guy Templeton
Britannia: Secrets of the Royal Yacht
Viacom International Studios/Channel 5 - Chris Terrill
The Warship: Tour of Duty
Uppercut Films/BBC Two - Gunnar Vikene
War Sailor
Mer Film/Netflix - Chapman Way, Maclain Way
Untold: The Race of the Century
Propagate, Stardust Frames and The Players’ Tribune/Netflix - Dave Young
Why Ships Sink: The Zeebrugge Disaster
Windfall Films/Channel 5
The Maritime Foundation Award for the Most Influential Use of Social and Immersive Media
The Award is made to the individual or institution that, in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has achieved through social media, video gaming or immersive media (Visual Reality and Mixed Reality) the most positive influence and stimulated the most change in the understanding or environment of any or all aspects of the maritime dimension.
WINNER
- River Action UK
River Action
riveractionuk.com
NOMINEES
- Alex Clarke
Dr Alex Clarke Does Naval History Live
youtube.com/@DrAlexClarke - Blue Marine Foundation
Convex Seascape Survey
convexseascapesurvey.com - Department for Communities
Historic Environment Record of Northern Ireland: Shipwrecks
communities-ni.gov.uk/services/historic-environment-map-viewer - Drachinifel
Drachinifel: Naval Historiographer
youtube.com/@Drachinifel - Game Labs, Inc
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
dreadnoughts.ultimateadmiral.com - Marine Conservation Society
Your Ocean: Members' Magazine
mcsuk.org/your-ocean - Ocean Cruising Club
Ocean Cruising Club
oceancruisingclub.org - Schmidt Ocean Institute
Shipyard to Sea: The Making of a Research Ship
deepoceaneducation.org/resources/shipyard-to-sea-the-making-of-research-ship-english - Soundscape
New Storytellers: Out at Sea, Out of Mind (BBC Radio 4)
bi01ey.wixsite.com/out-at-sea--out-of-m - VSTEP
NAUTIS Simulator
vstepsimulation.com/nautis-simulator - WildFish
Save our Salmon
wildfish.org/project/atlantic-salmon-campaign
The Special Recognition Award for Dedication Beyond a Single Challenge
The Special Recognition Award for Dedication Beyond a Single Challenge honours an individual or team who has made an extraordinary and sustained contribution to stimulating interest in maritime beyond a single project or campaign.
WINNER
- Crispin Sadler and Production Team
The Desmond Wettern Fleet Award
The Desmond Wettern Fleet Award is presented annually to the HM ship, submarine, Naval Air Squadron or Royal Marine Unit that is judged to have made the best contribution to a positive image of the Royal Navy during the year to 30 September.
WINNER
- 815 Naval Air Squadron