Saturday 3 August 2013

BALMORAL - MEETING 31ST AUGUST 2013

A meeting has been arranged, on board Balmoral (at Princes Wharf, Bristol) at 2.00pm on Saturday 31st August (not the bank holiday weekend)  The meeting is open to all interested members.

The purpose of the meeting is to - 

        give members a progress report.
        coordinate branch assistance, especially for volunteers to 'man' the ship when she is open to the public.
        help with publicity.
        the Balmoral Strategy Group want feedback from members and ideas. 


Peter Havard

Friday 2 August 2013

REDEDICATION PS MEDWAY QUEEN - Sat 27th July 2013

Pete Devrell has come up trumps again!  Last Saturday he went along to Abels Shipyard in Bristol  for the Rededication of Medway Queen.  Video footage shot that day has been put onto YouTube and can be viewed by clicking the following link http://youtu.be/UrnT1zG2W0s  some stills from the video appear below.

The last time that I saw MQ, she was very much still a skeleton of frames and stringers with plating up to the waterline area.  Looking at these pictures, she is well on the way to being ready to be towed around to Gillingham where fitting out will be completed.






Original parts refitted to the new hull



For the mechanically minded.






Aft saloon , work in progress

Detail of the riveting work

Peter Havard