Medusa Newsletter Summer 2024
Shipwrights News | Posted on July 5, 2024 at 3:41 pm by Office Admin
Liveryman Alan Watson OBE, the Skipper of Medusa, has sent a copy of hs Summer Newsletter which can be found here.
The Shipwrights’ Challenge Cup 2024
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 27, 2024 at 2:58 pm by Office Admin
On Sunday the 2nd of June Nick Marshall, the Fourth Warden called into Scaling Dam in North Yorkshire to witness the catamaran racing for the Shipwrights Challenge Cup. Due to the weather conditions, I only just managed to catch the last race, they were struggling for enough wind on the day, and the slow pace […]
The Annual Shipwrights’ Lectures – Tuesday 15 October 2024
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 24, 2024 at 9:13 am by Office Admin
They’re back! The Annual Shipwrights’ Lectures will be held on Tuesday 15th October 2024 from 14.00 – 17.30 at the MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton The Annual Shipwrights’ Lectures are generously sponsored by Pendennis Shipyard and are free to attend. You can find the flyer here: The aim of the Shipwrights’ Lectures programme is to inspire […]
The Dog Watch – News of the Worcester Merchant Navy Cadetship Scheme
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 20, 2024 at 4:33 pm by Office Admin
In 2022 the Shipwrights made a charitable donation of £2,000 in support of the Worcester Merchant Navy Cadetship Scheme. The scheme has now raised in ecess of £200,000 and has seven cadets in training! You can read about the Worcesters at the following link which contains a report on the Cadetship scheme on page 6. […]
Time Team and the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 17, 2024 at 8:53 am by Chris Morgan-Matthews
In 2017 the Education and Charity Committee had a fascinating visit to the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company in Woodbridge which led to some sponsorship of their aim “to create an interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon Mound 1 ship that provides the best possible means of testing and understanding how the ship could have been used under […]
Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy Launch Day – 4th June 2024
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 11, 2024 at 9:01 am by Office Admin
Court Assistant Mr Chris Adams visited Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy on 4 June to witness the Academy’s Launch Day. Chris, who chairs the Billmeir sub-committee of the Education and Charity Committee, writes: “A very considerable crowd gathered on the afternoon of Tuesday 4th June 2024 outside the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy on Monmouth […]
Navigate – Magazine of London Nautical School
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 10, 2024 at 9:11 am by Office Admin
The London Nautical School (LNS) has sent the following message with a copy of ‘ Navigate’ the school magazine May 2024 edition, which can be found at the link below. Dear families and supporters of our school. Please find attached the latest edition of our school magazine Navigate here.
Tall Ships Youth Trust – Voyage Feedback
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 7, 2024 at 1:20 pm by Office Admin
The Education and Charities Committee awarded the Tall Ships Youth Trust a grant of £20,000 for 2023-24 as part of a very long-standing and important relationship between the two organisations. TSYT has sent the Company some feedback and statistics on the voyages that the Shipwrights helped to fund and it can be found here. The […]
Annual Shipwrights vs Ironmongers’ Golf Match
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 5, 2024 at 11:44 am by Office Admin
The annual inter-Company Golf Match between the Shipwrights’ Company and the Ironmongers’ Company took pace on June 2024 at Denham Golf Club in Buckinghamshire on Tuesday 4 June 2024. Following the match the Shipwrights’ Golf Secretary, Liveryman Mr Michael Kelleher sent the following message: “I’m pleased to report that we retained coveted Golf decanter and […]
