Below you'll find a list of all posts from August, 2026
VICTORIA: The July 2026 monthly meeting was held on Saturday 4th and attended by 12 members. Our enthusiastic member Keith Mitchell gave two very interesting, illustrated presentations made by Yarraville resident Paul Angus. First on the history and ultimate destruction 50 years ago of the Gellibrand lighthouse off Williamstown and then on the history and construction of the Prince Alfred …
SOUTHAMPTON: Despite a heatwave and World Cup semi-final on TV, there was a good turn-out for Iain McCall’s talk ‘Coastal Shipping, the Early Years’. Covering just a few months of 1983/84, Iain’s well-scanned images illustrated the wide variety of shipping seen during the McCall family travels from their local South Wales ports in all parts of the country and even …
SOUTH COAST: South Coast Branch Notes for Thursday 23rd July 7.30 pm held at Southwick Community Centre, Southwick, West Sussex BN42 4TE. Branch member Frank Halliday gave his presentation “Port of Goole and Roundabout”. This covered shipping at the port from the 1900s to the present day. Including ships using the adjacent quays and wharfs on the rivers Ouse, Trent …
MID ESSEX: Our July meeting was somewhat different from the usual. We sat round a table and each of us said how we became interested in shipping and what our particular shipping interests were. Inevitably different stories and different interests were described. One theme emerged in that in the 1950s and 1960s it was much easier to get to see …
MERSEYSIDE: On Tuesday the 9th of June members enjoyed a Presentation prepared by WSS member Maurice Napier, entitled Ex Ships. Maurice has travelled extensively around the world as a Lloyds Surveyor and his photographs of ex British ships sold to foreign owners with new names and liveries prompted much pleasurable discussion among members, many of whom recognized some old friends …
ISLE OF WIGHT: Owing to falling roles and diminishing membership, regrettably, the Isle of Wight Branch of the WSS officially closed down on 24 June last. On 27 July the former Branch held a farewell Luncheon, dubbed ‘The Last Supper’, at the Appley Manor Hotel, which was well attended. Former Chairman, Nick Hawkins, gave a short valedictory speech and presented …
FIRTH OF FORTH: The Branch again held its Summer Lunch at The Old Chain Pier, Newhaven, overlooking the Forth. There was an excellent turn out of members and friends, both local, from the west and from north of the Tay. Vessels seen were the cruise ship Norwegian Star, tendering into the harbour and through the haze, the heavy lift ship …
