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VICTORIA: The August 2026 monthly meeting was held on Saturday 1st and attended by 15 members. The main feature was a showing of a film about the restoration of the sailing ship the James Craig. The ship was launched as the Clan McLeod and after having been abandoned in Recherche Bay in southern Tasmania was subsequently rescued by the Sydney …
TYNESIDE: We had a real treat for our July Meeting when Ian Buxton presented a batch of 1960’s Colour Slides taken by the Late Brian Hargreaves. We had vessels visiting the Tyne, including the submarine ACHERON. Being broken up at Gateshead, Blyth and Silloth. vessels being built on the Tyne, including GLAMORGAN, NORTHERN STAR, GREEN ROVER, and the SAGAR for …
TORBAY & EAST DEVON: In August David Walker presented an illustrated talk about his time as a deck hand on the Teignmouth pilot boat. Throughout the evening, we saw a selection of ships from Teignmouth’s past, going back as far as 2005 until 2018, and through that lens recalled the recent history of the port. A number of notable vessels …
SOUTHAMPTON: Our August meeting saw the return of Capt. Robin Plumley, talking about his years with British Antarctic Survey (1976-1992) on Bransfield, John Biscoe and James Clark Ross. Using his own digitized slides, together with copies of maps and charts, Robin explained the location of the various Antarctic bases being served, the problems with getting supplies or equipment ashore and …
SOUTH COAST: On Thursday, August 28th., 2026 Alan Humphries & Neil Deville of the Southwick Society gave us a most interesting presentation on the history of the Branch home port of Shoreham. It covered the period from 1840 to the 1950s. There were fine photos of the port development and vessels of this period.
MID ESSEX: In August David Berg showed us some interesting videos from the Internet. The best was the excellent BBC documentary Engineering Giants: Ferry Strip Down (2012)about the refit of P & O’s PRIDE OF BRUGES (31,598 grt /1987; I.M.O. 8503797) by A&P Tyne, Hebburn; recommended viewing if you haven’t seen it. The others were: a (now nostalgic) film of …
MERSEYSIDE: Our August Meeting Presentation was by Branch Secretary Adrian Sweeney who showed a well-attended meeting some of the slides of the late Fred Kissck. Fred had been Branch Secretary of the Isle of Man Branch for many years and the slides shown were not only of various vessels in and around the Isle of Man coast, including ships of …
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 …
