LINKS WITH OUR MEMBERS
Below is a list of our Member Museums and Vessels and those publications with whom we have reciprocal arrangements.
Some of these do not have websites yet, in which case you will find addresses to which you can apply for more information. Please bear in mind that many smaller vessels have not the means to set up websites, though they would dearly like to: perhaps you feel like helping them do this? If so, please write and let them know!
PUBLICATIONS
Including those with which we have reciprocal arrangements
Anchor Watch. This quarterly newsletter, produced for the Fleet Member ship museums, Associate members, and individual members of the Historic Naval Ships Association (q.v.) , describes the activities of the museums, the status of projects to acquire ships for display and the arrivals and departures of key museum personnel. Information concerning the Association's annual conference, newly joined Fleet and Associate Members, and other items of interest are included. Click here to join the Association.
Sea History. This colourful illustrated magazine features lively accounts of naval, merchant shipping and yachting history, supplemented by on-deck reporting of historic preservation, boat-building and sea experience ventures, as well as developments developments in maritime museums, marine art and sea festivals in the U.S. and abroad, and regular, authoritative reviews of publications in the field. Published quarterly by the National Maritime Historical Society based in Peekskill, New York, USA. Click here to visit them and subscribe!
Traditional Boats and Tall Ships. An all-colour, bi-monthly magazine that deals with all aspects of the present-day aand historical world of tall ships and sail training on a worldwide basis. To find out more and subscribe, Click here.
Windjammer. The organ of the Mariners International Club, which does not as yet have a website. This organisation is a worldwide network of traditional sail and "tall ships" enthusiasts. For information about this attractive publication, please contact Mr. Denis Stonham, 107 Landsdowne Lane, London SE7 8TN, England.
MUSEUMS AND VESSELS
Aegean Maritime Museum. Based on the Island of Mukonos, this splendid museum is definitely worth a good visit. Find out more by clicking.here.
Aland Maritime Museum. Housed on two floors, this Finnish maritime museum includes an excellent collection of model ships and marine artefacts. Aland is also responsible for the maintenance of the famous vessel Pommern. To learn more about both the museum and the ship, please click here.
Amazon. This British screw schooner was built at Southampton in 1885 from designs by the renowned Dixon Kemp. Her builder and first owner, Tankerville Chamberlayne, Esq., a gentleman of considerable means and standing, personally superintended her construction at his own private 'Arrow' yard; the yacht and her name were tributes to his future wife. She remained with Chamberlayne until 1897 and was then under the French flag as Armoricain until 1900, when she returned to British ownership.
Construction is carvel, teak on oak frames, with alternate wrought iron strap floor reinforcement, bronze fastened, lead keel and copper sheathed. Her survival reflects the high quality insisted upon at build; her hull is largely original. Her original compound steam engine and boiler were removed on conversion to diesel in 1937.
Amazon lies at moorings in Sliema Creek, Malta and is used for
family cruising in Maltese, Italian and Greek waters.
Contact: E & M Morgan-Busher, PO Box 85, Valletta, VLT 1000, Malta; email: amazon@pobox.com.
Association des Amis des Bateaux à Vapeurs du Léman. The paddle steamers of Lake Geneva (Switzerland) need urgent renovation. Built between 1904 and 1927 those still commissioned are reaching the end of their technical life and it is estimated that 100 million Swiss francs will need to be invested in them within the next ten years. The goal of this Association (ABVL) is to contribute, through private funding and sponsorship to the renovation and preservation of these historic vessels, which include such well-loved steamers as Montreux, Savoie, Italie, Vevey, and the larger :a Suisse, Simplon and Helvétie. Visit their website by clicking here to see how you can be of help.
BS Averof . This armoured cruiser of 1901 is the only surviving example of this type of ship. She served in wars with Turkey 1912-1913 and with the allied forces during the Second World War. She can be visited in Pireaus. Click here to find out more.
Bermuda Maritime Museum. Located in the six-acre fortress Keep of the Old Royal Naval Dockyard, this museum showcases Bermuda's rich history in eight historic buildings, including the newly restored Commissioner's House, built in the 1820s. Enclosed inside the Keep's magnificant ramparts, exhibits vary from local vessels and shipwreck artefacts to the 17th century Age of Discovery and Bermuda's military history. Open daily 9.30-5.00 (except Christmas Day), the Museum generously offers World Ship Trust members free entry. A link will appear here once their website is up and running: in the meantime contact them at marmuse@ibl.bm .
Buffel. Recipient of the tenth World Ship Trust Maritime Heritage Award in 1995. For details about her on this website, including link, click here.
East Kent Maritime Trust. This Ramsgate, Kent, museum has several important ships . To visit the Trust online, Click here.
Havengore. Commissioned by the Port of London Authority in 1954, Havengore was built by Toughs of Teddington. Ground-breaking research went into what has become the Authority's most famous and longest serving vessel. Day-to-day duties were as hydrographic survey vessel, however she was used for many ceremonial roles. She was thrust into the world's media spotlight when she performed her greatest honour in front of 350 million people when she carried the coffin of Sir Winston Churchill, the bearer party of Grenadier Guards and the immediate family on the Thames during the State Funeral in 1965. After she left the PLA in 1996 a major restoration programme commenced and she is now ready to embark on her next great journey, educating, stimulating and challenging the youth of today. In association with the Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, she will participate in signficiant World War II anniversary events throughout Europe. With students of modern history, Havengore will deliver to these venues relevant facsimiles of Churchill's correspondence during these dark and turbulent times. To learn more, click here.
HM Frigate Unicorn. Lying in Dundee, Scotland, she was launched in 1824 at Chatham Dockyard as a 35 gun frigate and immediately roofed over and placed in Ordinary. She went to Dundee in 1873 as an RNR and then RNVR Drill Ship, and was also Naval HQ Dundee in both world wars. Acquired by Unicorn Preservation Society in 1968, she is now being preserved in Dundee as the world's only unreconstructed sailing warship. Visit her website by clicking here.
HMS Cavalier . The only remaining Royal Navy destroyer which fought to keep the sea lanes open and protect Britain's supply lines during WW II. She is a fitting memorial to the 153 destroyers and nearly 30,000 lives lost in destroyers of the Royal Navy sunk during the war. For more about the vessel, Click here to visit the Association which preserved her.
HMSC Haida. Last survivor of the British 'Tribal' class destroyer, built by Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle in 1941. She saw extensive service in WW2 and is preserved as a historic site on the waterfront of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. To learn more about her and her history, click here.
HMS Warrior. Recipient of the sixth World Ship Trust Maritime Heritage Award in 1988. For details about her on this website, including link, click here.
Inconstant. This New Zealand smaller equivalent of the Mary Rose is still 40 tonnes of wet wood and very significant to all 'kiwis', with their much shorter recorded history. Work has been ongoing for four years and help us now required. To learn more, visit her website by clicking here.
ISCA. The International Sailing Craft Association's Museum is based in Lowestoft, Norfolk, England, and is the largest collection of boats from around the world in the UK. At present a new museum is being built, and should be completed by mid-to-end 2002. Meanwhile click here to learn more.
James Stevens No. 14. The oldest surviving motor lifeboat in the world, this vessel lies in Walton, Essex, England and is owned by the Frinton & Walton Heritage Trust. To learn more about here click here .
Kathleen and May. Featured on our "Help Save these Ships" page, towards the bottom, you will find a full description of this vessel and the work on her restoration: Click here !
Mary Rose. Recipient of the third World Ship Trust Maritime Heritage Award in 1983. For details about her on this website, including link, click here.
Medway Queen. This gallant Dunkirk evacuation veteran is one of the best-known of our members. Featured on our "Help Save These Ships" page, click here to find out how her restoration and preservation is proceeding.
Miro. Built in Auckland, N.Z. in 1925, this auxiliary ketch is 72 feet long and her design is that of a round bilge scow with a triple-skilled kauri hull. A member of the once 23-vessel strong Foveaux Strait oyster fleet, and now retired from this activity, she is much in need of restoration. She has had a colourful history and needs help with her preservation. Currently wharfed in the Bluff, where her restoration is taking place, her owners are in the process of setting up a website, with which we will link when completed. Those interested may contact her at: Miro Charitable Trust, PO Box 70, Bluff, New Zealand.
M/S Unterelbe. This coastal dry cargo vessel was built in 1939 by Wilhelm Holst Schiffserft of Hamburg-Neuenfeld, Germany, in 1939 and is one of the few remaining old cargo ships in Europe. During WWII she carried torpedoes for the German Kriegsmarine and was not returned to her owners until 1945. Under the German flag she traded in the European rivers as well as the North Sea and Baltic coasts. Sold to Finland in 1988, she has been operating in Finnish coastal waters and is currently undergoing renovation in a winter berth in the Aura river in Abo-Turku, Finland. She is still in active use, trading in Finnish coastal waters. Have a look at her by clicking here.
Musée Maritime Chantereyne. Situated on the sea-front about 3 km east of the Cherbourg Ferry Terminal, the Chantereyne Maritime Museum Association exists to preserve anything and everything to do with the sea and ships, including warships, merchant and fishing vessels, pleasure boats. After the destruction of the Naval Museum at Cherbourg in 1940, the Association acquired an old training ship, the Chantereyne for maritime exhibition use. Later a more suitable location was found between Tourlaville and Cherbourg, and this amazing collection can be found there now, open daily. Entry: Adults 20FF, 10-14 yrs 10FF, under 10 yrs, free. Groups, 10FF per person.Without a website at present, please apply to Monsieur J. L. Arnault (who is a vertable encyclopaedia of the world of boats and an indefatigable narrator), Musée Maritime Chantereyne, Quai Pierre le Conte, Port des Flamands, 50110 Tourlaville, France, tel: 02 33 20 04 71 and 06.86 90 92 56.
Museo Storico Navale. Venice's famous naval museum has not yet completed its website. All the more reason to visit it when you are next in Italy at Castello 2148, 30122 Venezia.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. England's National Maritime Museum is the largest of its type in the world. Its buildings include the Queen's House and the Royal Observatory. The Museum has over two million items in its collections, including 100 boats, most of which will be on display at NMM Cornwall. Click here to visit their main websitem, an electronic guide to the Museum giving all events and initiatives.
The Museum produces several electronic publications, among which are the Journal for Maritime Research (JMR), and PORT , the Maritime Information Gateway which is their electronic directory.
In addition the Museum has a site for the National Register of Historic Vessels - click if you wish to subscribe: click here if you are already a member of this group and want to log on.
New Zealand National Maritime Museum. This is sited in the centre of Auckland's revitalised waterfront area. It offers a wide-ranging look at New Zealand's maritime heritage, with displays ranging from Polynesian navigation at one extreme to modern yachting at the other. Heritage vessels offer public cruises most days. Opened in 1993, this is widely considered to be a world-class maritime museum. For more information, click here.
Royal Barge "Nore". This important vessel carried HM the Queen on the Thames during her Coronation programme nearly fifty years ago, and is presently being restored. Commissioned by the PLA for use by the royal household, and launched in 1951, she was designated the 'Royal Barge' during the Coronation ceremonies in 1953. Please visit her website by clicking here. She is seeking help with the restoration.
Norfolk Wherry Trust. Guardian and keeper of the Norfolk Wherry Albion, this Trust has received two Awards from the WST, the latest in 1998 to mark its Centenary. Click here to find out more about this splendid vessel and how to enjoy sailing with her.
Russian Sub U475 - Hunter Killer Submarine has finally come in from the cold!! One of four remaining 'Foxtrot' class Soviet submarines remaining, and the only one in England, this vessel now lies on the Medway in Rochester and is seeking a new berth.. For details of how to visit her, click here.
San Francisco Maritime Park Association. This non-profit body is dedicated to maritime history, preservation and education. Its fascinating edhibits and programmes enhance public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the American West Coast's maritime heritage. The 'Maritime Park' includes the sailing ship Balclutha (see our Maritime Heritage Awards page), lumber schooner C. A. Thayer, the ferryboat Eureka and the WWII submarine USS Pampanito. For more information click here.
Society for Nautical Research (SNR). Founded in 1910, the SNR has always been concerned with the preservation of historic ships. Its outstanding achievement was the saving of HMS Victory. The Society's Journal, The Mariner's Mirror, is internationally recognised as the pre-eminent English-language journal on all aspects of seafaring and lore of the Sea. Please visit their website by clicking here
South Street Seaport Museum. New York's famous maritime museum enhances the East River waterfront. On display are, among others, the vessels Wavertree and Peking. Don't forget to take this bite out of the Big Apple on your next visit! Click here to find out more.
SS Lane Victory. Built in 1945, this vessel served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. She was acquired by the US Merchant Marine Veterans of WWII organisation in 1988 and is now designated as a National Historic Landmark. Located in San Pedro, Ca., the ship was restored and is mainted by the volunteers of this organisation and is open to the public for tours and cruises. Click here to learn more.
ST Portwey. This splendid tug is owned, operated and steamed by the Steam Tug PORTWEY Trust, a Company Limited by Guarantee and having Charitable Status. She is berthed in the West India Dock on the Isle of Dogs, London, and journeys in steam take place several times each year. For more information, click here.
Star of India. Recipient of the 16th World Ship Trust Maritime Heritage Award in 1999. For details about her on this website, including link, click here.
Suphanna-Hong. The beautiful Royal Barge of Thailand received the eighth Maritime Heritage Award in 1992. For details about her on this website, including link, click here.
Toroa. Featured on our Save These Ships page, this is possibly the last double-ended steam-driven timber ferry of its type in the world. Located in Auckland, New Zealand, work continues on her rehabilitation. For details about her on this website, including link, click here.
US Brig Niagara. This vessel was the Relief Flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. This is her third reconstruction and now serves as the Ofifical Flagship of the Commonwelath of Pennsylvania whe she sailed the Great Lakes and the Eastern Seaboard of the USA and Canada. She makes her home port in Erie, Pa., the third largest city in the Commonwealth at the Erie Maritime Museum . Click here for a visit to this splendid ship!
Wapama. Featured on our Save These Ships page, she was built to carry cargo and a small number of passengers on theWest Coast of the United States. She is the last survivor of a type known as a 'steam schooner' , and is at the moment preserved on a barge at Sausalito, California, under the auspices of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Click here for photo and information about her preservation.
Warden Johnston. Another important vessel appearing on our Save These Ships page, this vessel served as the only link between the famous prison at Alcatraz and the outside world. Click here to have a look at her and read more about her fascinating history.
Yavari. Featured on our Save These Ships page, this vessel is one of two small cargo-passenger "gunboats"ordered by the Peruvian Government in 1861 for Lake Titicaca. With no rail link to the area, all cargo had to be carried up on muleback, so the ships were built in kit form. Thus the "Yavari" was delivered in pieces to the Lake, over two miles above sea level. After close to 100 years of service she was found slipping rapidly into decay, but she has now been saved to be restored as a positive asset to local communities. For details about her on this website, including link, click here.
HELPFUL ASSOCIATIONS AND FRIENDS
Don't forget to visit our like-minded lists - click here!
Economist Settore Nautico. This organisation is dedicated to the reconstruction of the first Italian motor/sail vessel of 1837, the Conte Kolowrat, and is also engaged in other projects. Click here to learn more about their work!
Historic Naval Ships Association. The HNSA is an organisation formed to assist ship museums and memorials in the acquisition of vessels and their preservation, exhibition and marketing . Any non-profit museum with a ship that served in the defence of its country is eligible to join. Some 84 museums in seven nations, with more than 130 vessels, are members. The Headquarters are at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Click here to view their Visitors' Guide. It contains descriptions of all the member vessesl with linksk to each of the museums and memorials where they are exhibited. Considerable additional information about the Association and its activities is also included on the site.
International Yacht Restoration School. This is a not-for-profit educational institution in Newport, Rhode Island. A full-time, state licensed vocational program in the restoration and construction of classic watercraft is enhanced by an historic waterfront campus and marina, which is open to the public year-round. IYRS provides job training for the international marine industry and teaches teamwork, self-respect, and pride in good workmanship. Click here for a visit.
Red and White Fleet. This premier cruise and land tour operator in San Francisco has been operating since 1892 and has a fleet of four vessels which cruise the famous Bay, sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge, past Angel Island and around Alcatraz. Snack bar and drinks available on board all vessels.For details of these cruises, click here.
Royal Thames Yacht Club. We are particularly pleased that we can number amongst our Life Members this well known Club. For more information, click here.
Square Sail Shipyard. The only dedicated company in the UK offering two historic ships for use in films, televsion and associated activities, the shipyard also builds other vessels and artefacts for such enterprises at Charlestown Harbour. Visit not only their website by clicking here, but also their attractive yard at St. Austell, Cornwall.
Working Sail. This company are traditional boatbuilders committed to the research and recreation of working sailing vessels from England's rich maritime past. Presently focusing on the pilot cutters that worked from the Isles of Scilly during the nineteenth century, Working Sail are in the process of construction the 45' pilot cutter Agnes, originally built by William Mumford of St. Mary's in 1841. Click here to see them at work!
World Ship Trust
(A) 3 The Green, Ketton, Stamford, Lincs. PE 9 3RA and (B) (membership) The Iconoclast, Nine Elms Pier, Tideway Walk, London SW8 5PZ
Phone: (A) 01780 721628: fax 01789 721980: (B) Phone: 020 7627 1550: fax 020 7000 1251
