[1] The Laughton Unit educates and researches in the field of naval history, military theory and maritime strategy to support and shape the evolution of naval history as a methodology for education of civilians and military personnel.
The unit enshrines permanence for the field of naval history and maritime strategy in British academic and public life.
These can include national culture, sea/naval power theory, technology, state building and historiography, among others while expanding the understanding of students as well as civilian and military professionals on the role of naval history in understanding the past, and evolving thinking for the present and future, melding naval and cultural perspectives on the sea as a strategic environment in world history'.
The current Laughton Naval History Chair is held by Professor Andrew Lambert.
Naval War College's John B. Hattendorf Center for Maritime Historical Research which formally came into being in 2019.