Our 2023 & 2024 PROGRAMME
is online as well as our Dorset venue
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9th September 2023 ~ Stories of British India ships in the Gulf ~ with Kevin Patience ~
Kevin's involvement with British India's Mulbera, Dwarka and Dara is all uncovered from passenger to diver!
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14th October 2023 ~ Krispen’s Travels: Coming to America ~ with Krispen Atkinson ~
Krispen takes us to the United States and Canada – another exciting array of ships for us to enjoy.
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11th November 2023 ~ Bosphorus ferries and passenger ships seen in Istanbul ~ with Bill Mayes ~
Bill reviews the ferries through history – many UK built – and we enjoy a bonus collection of other passenger ships
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9th December 2023 ~ British Liners of the 1950s & ‘60s ~ with Bill Miller ~
Bill takes us back to the decades when Britain had the biggest passenger ship fleet in the world.
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13th January 2024 ~ The Merchant Navy in the Second World War ~ with David Parsons ~
An island nation at war with a near neighbour was critically dependant on it’s merchant shipping.
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10th February 2024 ~ Sunset Falls on the Intercontinental Ocean-liner ~ with Ted Scull ~
Ted recalls some of the ships that carried passengers across the world’s oceans & shares memories of voyages
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9th March 2024 ~ An overview of the Haven Ports ~ with Derek Sands ~
Explore the locations, facilities, shipping and cargoes passing through this network of East Anglian ports
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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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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
