Our 2024 PROGRAMME

is online as well as our Dorset venue

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13th April 2024 ~ Birger Jarl & Mariefred ~ with David Trevor-Jones ~ 

A 1950s Sweden-Finland deep-sea ferry and a 1900s Stockholm coastal ferry – enjoy two classic ships 

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11th May 2024 ~ Seven years at Sea in the Seventies ~ with Steve Pink ~ 

A brief career as a Navigating Officer – sixteen ships – a time of seismic changes in passenger and cargo shipping

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Our September 2024 to May 2025 PROGRAMME will be available soon ...

Expect to see ...

Operation Pedestal - the story of a 1942 Malta convoy 

Cunard & the Queens - celebrating the 90th anniversary launch of Queen Mary

Pride of Bilbao - her P&O Ferries service plus life before and since

A farewell to Marco Polo - departing Bristol en route to the scrappers 

British Cable Layers - influencing our “connected world”

... and much more ... 

DOWNLOAD a PDF copy of our 2023-24 PROGRAMME BELOW

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WSS D 2023 Q 3 Promo
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To join our programme of online events via Zoom please contact ~SHIPS~DORSET~ via info@shipsdorset.org 

We are pleased to offer you a guest invitation to initial events without obligation

We encourage ongoing participants to become WSS branch members 

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