Fabulous careers video of apprentice Tom Dyer at Island RIBs, Isle of Wight.

Tom Dyer, apprentice shipwright at Island RIBs (Isle of Wight), is featured in a careers video produced by Cowes Enterprise College (an Ormiston Academy Trust) in collaboration with the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. Tom was one of our Apprenticeship Scheme sponsored apprentices in academic year 2020-21. A great video charting Tom’s progress as a Boat […]

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Apprentice Bradley Drinkwater of Cotswold Boats is learning fast!

Here’s marine engineering apprentice Bradley Drinkwater of Cotswold Boat Hire, one of our sponsored apprentices for academic year 2021-22. Bradley is learning with Paragon Skills. He’s made great progress since the inception of his apprenticeship last September and below (left to right) Bradley is working hard setting up an electric boat, then looking a tad […]

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Shipwrights Apprenticeship manager visits Dominic Guille at Ribeye Boats, Dartmouth.

Dominic Guille, one of our sponsored apprentices from 2016 has completed his Boatbuilding apprenticeship with South Devon College and last week the Shipwrights Apprenticeship manager dropped in for a chat. Dominic is now a key member of the Ribeye team and excelling in his role. Well done Dominic!   

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Shipwrights Apprenticeship Scheme Manager meets apprentice Jack Sullivan of Cockwells

Last week the Shipwrights Apprenticeship Scheme manager met Jack Sullivan of Cockwells.  We are interviewing a number of apprentices we have sponsored on our Scheme as our contribution to National Apprenticeship Week 2022. Jack is in the final year of his Boatbuilding apprenticeship, and is preparing for his End Point Assessment with Falmouth Marine School. […]

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Mike Carr, MD of of Pendennis Shipyard, visits Marcus Lewis Wooden Boatbuilder in Fowey.

Mike Carr, MD at Pendennis Shipyard dropped in at Marcus Lewis Wooden Boatbuilder, Fowey, Cornwall on Tuesday. Mike viewed some of the wonderful wooden boat building projects that Marcus and his outstanding apprentice Toby Poultney are currently undertaking. Most impressive! We are interviewing a number of apprentices we have sponsored on our Scheme as our […]

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Shipwrights’ Art Competition 2022 – London Nautical School Prize Winners

The Shipwrights’ Company donates the prize money for an annual art competitiuon at the London Nautical School in Lambeth.  Under normal circumstances members of the Shipwrights’ Court or its Education and Charity Committee judge the entries but the restrictions in place due to Covid-19 made this impossible and this year’s competition was judged by the […]

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News from Newcastle

Liveryman Dr Paul Stott, a lecturer at Newcastle University and the Shipwrights’ Mentor there writes: Shipwright Scholar James Holland Thomas, who graduated in 2019, was back in the School today promoting the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) to current students.  James’ career is progressing well in the SDA and he mentioned how grateful he was for […]

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Mayflower Primary School in Poplar and the Green Family

Liveryman Mr Jonathan Green today gave a virtual presentation to fifty Year 2 pupils from the Mayflower Primary School in Poplar.  Jonathan’s talk was about his great, great, great grandfather, George Green (1767 – 1849) of the Blackwall Yard, and a former member of the Shipwrights’ Company.  Jonathan’s talk was a repeat of one he […]

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Thanks from Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust (FACT)

In February 2020 the Education and Charity Committee awarded the Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust (FACT) £750 for support towards TRINITY3, a £1.5m project to increase accommodation on their ex light-ship by 33% and improve existing facilities used to work with children from deprived areas of London.  FACT had previously been awarded £1,000 in June 2018.  […]

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