Our 2021 PROGRAMME is online
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2.30pm, Saturday, May 8th 2021 ~ The Trinity House Story ~ with Capt. Karl Lumbers
...one of Britain's best kept secrets ... with a Younger Brother of Trinity House ... lighthouses, wrecks & more...
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~~~ A SUMMER SPECIAL ~~~
2.30pm, Saturday, August 14th 2021 ~ Rule Britannia: Bygone British Ocean Liners ~ with Bill Miller
... the biggest passenger fleet of the ‘50s & '60s … Cunard, P&O, Blue Funnel, Shaw Savill & more … a nostalgic review ...
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~~~ Opening our NEW SEASON of events ~~~
2.30pm, Saturday, September 11th 2021 ~ Shout at the Devil ~ with Kevin Patience
German cruiser Königsberg … East Africa 1914/15 … blockaded and destroyed by Royal Navy & RN Air Service.
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October 9th 2021 ~ Stockholm’s amazing Vintage Steamers ~ with David Trevor-Jones
Still in service … the Lake, Canal & Archipelago fleets … a parade unparalleled in Europe
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November 13th 2021 ~ Panama Canal Panorama ~ with Neil Davidson
Transit of the Canal via the old locks … views from visitor centres at Miraflores and Agua Clara … plus ships in the Pacific anchorage
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December 11th 2021 ~ Voyages & Visits – from the archive ~ with Bill Mayes
From a collection of over 60,000 shipping images scanned from slides – we get to see Bill’s “special selection”.
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January 8th 2022 ~ In the Wake of the Intermediates ~ with Andy Skarstein
Via Suez to East and South Africa … A voyage on Clan MacIndoe in early 1978 to Cape Town via Aqaba, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique.
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... coming later as part of our 2021 / 22 programme ...
~ Krispen’s Travels to the Easter Baltic ~
After our journey to the Far East in 2021 with Krispen … in 2022 we get to see a variety of Baltic shipping.
~ Clyde built ships – Cardiff Class bulk carriers ~
A series of 30 ships built in the 1970s … each with deadweight tonnage over 26,000 … launched on the Clyde.
~ Shipping of Portland Harbour and Anchorages ~
An archive of 20 years … Boat-master Paul gets up close to Cruise Ships, RFAs, Tankers and Specialist Ships.
~ 154 Days aboard 4 Post-War Liners ~
Nevasa, Edinburgh Castle, Pendennis Castle & Reina del Mar … ship facts, brochure graphics, images & stories.
To join our programme of online events via Zoom please contact ~SHIPS~DORSET~ via info@shipsdorset.org
We are pleased to offer a guest invitation to your first event ... thereafter, we rely on supporter donations
We look forward to you joining us
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Talks & Meetings on Ocean Liners, Cargo Ships, Ferries, Mariner's Memoirs, Paddle Steamers, Cruise Ships, Naval History, Ship Design, Maritime Memories and much more ~ enjoyed by ships & shipping enthusiasts ~ a community with common interests
