⭐ Step aboard HMS Caroline during NI Science Week! Discover how food, health, and nutrition shaped life in the Royal Navy in an enlightening talk with historian and author Ian Miller. Explore the historic spaces of the ship in a rare late-night self-guided tour that ends at the wartime gallery. Get your tickets for NI Science Festival Talk in Belfast!
Highlights
⚓ Explore HMS Caroline during the NI Science Festival
📚 Hear captivating insights from historian and author Ian Miller
🍽️ Learn about how food defined the First World War, where families faced rationing
🌙 Enjoy a rare late-night self-guided tour through HMS Caroline’s historic spaces
🔥 Finish your journey at the ship’s original 1914 galley
General Info
📅 Date: 18 February 2026
🕒 Time: 6 p.m.
⏳ Duration: 3 hours
📍 Location: HMS Caroline, Alexandra Dock, Queens Road, Belfast BT3 9DT
👤 Age requirement: 14 years and over
♿ Accessibility: the venue is partially accessible, please find more information here
❓ Please consult the FAQs of this experience here
Description
In this 45-minute talk, historian and author Ian Miller reveals how feeding a nation became one of the greatest challenges of the First World War, shaping the experiences of sailors at sea and families ashore. After the talk, wander through HMS Caroline, tracing the footsteps of the crew as you explore where they worked, slept, and ate. The tour culminates in the ship’s original wartime galley from 1914! Don’t miss out—get your tickets for NI Science Festival Talk in Belfast!
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HMS Caroline
Alexandra Dock, Queens Road, Belfast, BT3 9DT
