Cruising Association / History/archaeology / Social event / Talk or lecture
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 1st January 2020
Operations were conducted from Lunna House, Shetland by Stephen’s father, Lieutenant Howarth, who ran the Shetland end of the operation. The crews of the “Shetland Bus” [Shetlandsgjengen] were men of the coast, fishermen and...
Classic motor vessels / Classic vessels / History/archaeology / Talk or lecture
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 22nd September 2019
Congregate at Gillingham Marina in the Quarterdeck Cafe 3.00pm for 3.15pm walk to the Medway Queen. Limited parking space available on Gillingham Pier for those that need them. Tour of the Medway Queen at 3.30pm, 5.00pm...
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 16th September 2019 · Last modified 15th September 2019
Dr Tori Herridge and team investigate the strange shingle bank, known as the Street, that stretches north from Whitstable. Also a rare Tudor wreck recently discovered nearby that can only be inspected at a...
Classic motor vessels / Classic vessels / History/archaeology / People
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 15th September 2019 · Last modified 9th October 2019
An illustrated talk by Frances Beaumont about John Oliver who was a tug man on ‘Hobbit’ on the River Medway for 40 years. John was born without hands and two short arms and became...
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 3rd September 2019 · Last modified 12th September 2019
HMS Medway will be formally commissioned during a visit to Medway in September and Mr Russell Race JP DL, the link Deputy Lieutenant for Medway, will represent the Lord-Lieutenant at the event, to be...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, thirty DC3 (“Dakota”) aircraft will be flying from Duxford to Normandy. On the afternoon of 5 June they will pass over Long Reach on the River Medway....
Boat Show / Classic motor vessels / Classic vessels / History/archaeology / Queenborough / Sailing barges / Swale
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 14th May 2019
The 4th Classic Yacht & Motor Boat Festival is open to any boat, large or small, designed or built before 1970 – wood, steel, aluminium, fibreglass, ferro cement, sail, power, steam or other, the...
Classic vessels / History/archaeology / People
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 7th May 2019 · Last modified 2nd May 2019
Good news for Hollowshore Cruising Club member Dr. Rodney Pell, whose book “Little Ship, Big Story” has been nominated for a Mountbatten Literary Award. It tells the history of Sheemaun, a 15-metre gentleman’s yacht...
Classic motor vessels / Classic vessels / History/archaeology
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 17th November 2018 · Last modified 16th November 2018
Medway Queen features in the online version of the Smithsonian Magazine. A contact out of the blue requesting information on MQ’s part in Operation Dynamo was responded to in quick time to meet a...
Classic motor vessels / Classic vessels / History/archaeology
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 2nd October 2018
A rare sight! Waverley, the last sea-going paddle steamer, made her annual visit to the Medway on Sunday. Plenty of passengers by the look of it.
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