Guide to Naval & maritime museums in the UK Latest revision: 11 September 1995 This file has 2 parts. The first part lists 179 Naval and other maritime museums in England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland (Ulster) and the offshore islands. Naval museums include Royal Marines (RM) & Fleet Air Arm (FAA) collections. Civil maritime sites include Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), local and national museums with collections related to fisheries, trade, shipbuilding, inland waterways, Customs & Excise, maritime exploration and other nautical interests. The list is not exhaustive: many coastal towns have museums with some material related to fishing and the sea. The second part of this file is a list of 188 historic vessels. Vessels are listed if they are museum-ships in their own right, or are part of the collection of one or other of the museums listed in part 1, but of course vessels may move to different locations at any time. This list of historic vessels is by no means exhaustive. It lists a few of many old vessels owned by Trusts and open to the public. Further information about some British historic vessels might be obtained from: The Maritime Trust (2 Greenwich Church St., London SE10 9BG), the National Historic Ship Committee (c/o the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich), the 40+ Fishing Boat Association of the British Isles (c/o Mr M. Smylie, Bron Menai Cottage, Dwyran, Anglesey LL61 6BJ, Wales, or Mr M. Craine, Hillcrest, 63 Birchill Crescent, Onchan, Isle of Man IM3 3DA), or the North of England Museums Service (House of Recovery, Bath Lane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 5SQ). The Cornwall Maritime Museum has a database of old Cornish vessels. The International Register of Historic Ships, by Norman J Brower, is now in its 2nd edition (Anthony Nelson: Oswestry: 1993: ISBN 0-904614-46-8 paperback or 0-904614-50-6 hardback). Symbols and abbreviations: The symbols * and ** following museum names indicate that over 10,000 or over 100,000 people visit each year, respectively. This gives a rough guide to the importance of a museum, except that one or two major museums have not published visitor figures, and obviously the ratings will be biased in favour of museums within major centres of population. ARC: Archives & Reserve Collection held. BA: By appointment. BH: Bank Holidays (ie Public Holidays). GV/SE: Telephone line for booking Group Visits/info on Special Events AH: ditto, for after-hours 'phone calls Lib: Library attached. PoW: Prisoner of War (usually Napoleonic period). RC: Recent Confirmation by the museum, of details. Several have not replied to requests for up-to-date information. We are most grateful to those who did confirm, often with generous amounts of information, catalogues, guides and brochures. Telephone & Fax numbers: The numbers given here are in the UK format of (Area Code)+number, where the area code begins with a zero. When dialling from outside the UK use prefix +44 and omit the initial zero. Thus, to 'phone Aberdeen Maritime Museum from outside the UK dial +44 1224 585788. Electronic mail (e-mail) and WWW access: A very few museums now have access via computer, and these have their addresses or URLs listed under "Computer". Opening days: These are liable to change at short notice. Of those that are normally open "Daily", even these will close over the Christmas holiday period, and maybe on other public holidays also, such as Easter. Others may specifically open briefly during the Easter holiday weekend. Smaller museums, manned by a few volunteers, will often open for only 2 - 3 hours on the days listed as "open". We cannot be specific about opening hours, as these are too variable. It would be foolish to make a long journey to any museum without first confirming its opening times. Reference and Guide Books: The initial source of names for this list was the Museums Yearbook 1995/96, published by The Museums Association, 42 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0PA. It is invaluable for administrative data, and we are grateful to the MA for providing us with a copy. It gives little detail about the collections and is not a guide book. Some of the museums in this list are not in the Yearbook. For those visiting a limited area of Britain we would recommend, as a guide book, one of the volumes in the series: "Exploring Museums", printed by HMSO for the Museums Association and the Museums & Galleries Commission between 1989-93. These volumes are each priced at 9.95 UK Pounds and give detailed descriptions of the exhibits in all the main museums within each area of the UK, with short summaries of the smaller ones. It is a recent series, but unfortunately with 10 volumes to cover the whole UK, buying a whole set would be expensive! There were 3 guides specifically to British maritime collections, but all now seen to be out of print. They could perhaps be obtained from dealers in nautical books. National Maritime Museum Guide to Maritime Britain, by Keith Wheatley (Webb & Bower: Exeter: 1990. ISBN 0-86350-268-7). This useful book works its way around the coast of Britain, giving brief information on every location of maritime interest, and some general area history. Inland sites are ignored. Britain's Maritime Heritage, by Veryan Heal (Conway Maritime Press: London: 1988. ISBN 0-85177-474-1). An alphabetical list of towns where there are maritime collections, with short descriptions of the exhibits, illustrations and useful lists of auxiliary information, now unfortunately getting out of date in places. A Heritage of Ships, by Alexander McKee (Souvenir Press: London: 1988. ISBN 0-285-628550). Concentrates on sites with important ships, which are given a fuller description and history than in the other two books. Useful supplementary information, but again is getting out of date in some details. Shire Publications Ltd issue a series of small books on selected topics: eg: "Anchors", "East Coast Shipping", "Ships' Figureheads", "Tugs & Towage" etc. These inexpensive little books usually include a reading list and list of places to visit, but unfortunately even the most recent editions may be 10 or more years out of date. Although much effort has been made to achieve accuracy, there is no guarantee that this list is free of errors, and details may change at short notice. Please keep us informed of any corrections, additions or other necessary changes. Happy visiting! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Martin H Evans mhe1000@cus.cam.ac.uk Dr Janet West jw129@cus.cam.ac.uk 111 High Street, Linton, Cambridgeshire CB1 6JT, UK. ======================================================================= Aberdeen Maritime Museum ** Provost Ross's House, Shiprow, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland Write to: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB9 1FQ Phone: (01224) 585788, GV: 646333 Fax: (01224) 632133 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: History of shipbuilding in Aberdeen: models include "Thermopylae" and other clippers. Exhibits show past & present fishing industry and the importance of North Sea oil exploration and extraction since 1960s. Paintings, photographs. (RC) Admiral Blake Museum * Blake Street, Bridgewater, Somerset TA6 3NB Phone: (01278) 456127 Fax: (01278) 444076 Open: Daily Displays: Marine paintings & photos, 16 ship models, shipwrights' tools and half-hulls, nameplate from CSN Alabama. Model of Bridgewater dock in 1900. Documents & personal items of Admiral Blake, reputedly born in this house 1598. Diorama of Battle of Santa Cruz. RC Arbroath Museum * Signal Tower, Ladyloan, Arbroath, Angus DD11 1PU, Scotland Write to: Museum & Art Gallery, Meffan Institute, 20 West High Street, Forfar, Angus DD8 1BB, Tayside, Scotland Phone: (01241) 75598 Open: Mon - Sat; also Sunday pm July & Aug Displays: The museum's general collection includes fishing, maritime and lighthouse material Arbuthnot Museum * St. Peter Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 6QD, Scotland Phone: (01779) 477778 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Ship models of fishing boats: mid-19C Yules to 20C motor fishing vessels. Models of 19C trading vessels and whalers. Whaling and related artefacts & Inuit material. Display of coopering craft, used to make barrels for herring fishery. ARC (RC) The Arctic Penguin * The Pier, Inveraray, Strathclyde (Argyll) PA32 8UY, Scotland. Write to: Inveraray Maritime Heritage Centre, 60 Tradeston Street, Glasgow G5 8BH, Scotland Phone: (01499) 302213 (ship, & FAX). (0141) 429 5217 (heritage centre) Fax: (0141) 429 1725 Open: Daily Displays: Built in Dublin (1911) the vessel was converted to schooner rig. Now a floating museum. Displays relate to Clyde ship-building, Scottish emigration, sailors' craft-work, and hands-on exhibits for youngsters. Cinema, shop, educational activities. (RC) Arlington Court * Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4LP Phone: (01271) 850296 Open: Sun - Fri, end March - end Oct; also on BH weekends Displays: Among the displays and furnishings of this mansion are good Napoleonic PoW & other ship models; also a sea shell collection. Barmouth RNLI Museum Pen-Y-Cei, Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales Write to: 8, Ffordd Bro Mynach, Barmouth, Gwynedd LL42 1LZ, Wales Open: Daily, Easter - Oct Displays: Old photographs of the Barmouth Lifeboat and crews Beatty Museum Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire MK16 9JJ Phone: (01234) 391252 Fax: (01234) 391388 Open: Sun pm only, Apr, May & Aug Displays: Collection of paintings on naval subjects; pictures, memorabilia & personal possessions of Admiral Lord Beatty. Bede Gallery * Springwell Park, Butchers Bridge Road, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear NE32 5QA Phone: (0191) 4891807 Fax: (0191) 4891807 Open: Tue - Fri & Sun Displays: A small museum of local history, with material related to the shipyards. HMS Belfast ** Morgans Lane, Tooley Street, London SE1 2JH Phone: (0171) 4076434 Fax: (0171) 4030719 Open: Daily Displays: WW2 (launched 1938) 10,500 ton cruiser. Main guns: 12 6 inch in 4 turrets. Much original armament still in place. Most of ship is open to public, from several bridge platforms to engine room and magazines. Displays simulate battle conditions with sound. RC Bembridge Maritime Museum & Shipwreck Centre * Sherborne Street, Bembridge, Isle of Wight PO35 5SB Phone: (01983) 872223, 873125 (24 hr) Fax: (01983) 873125 Open: Daily Mar - Oct, or BA Displays: Extensive collection of items salvaged from wrecks: binnacles, engine telegraphs, lamps, bells and 100s of other objects. Ship models. Displays of local lifeboat, & of HMS Swordfish, submarine sunk in 1940. Display of old & modern diving equipment. (RC) Birchills Canal Museum Old Birchills, Walsall, West Midlands WS3 8QD Write to: c/o Walsall Museum & Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1TR Phone: (01922) 653116; AH: 653196 Open: Daily ex Mon, Apr - Oct; BA in winter Displays: A display of life in the past on the Walsall Canal, including a reconstructed narrowboat cabin. In a former Boatman's Rest House. Blackgang Sawmill & St Catherine's Quay ** Blackgang, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 2HN Phone: (01983) 730330 Fax: (01983) 731267 Open: Daily Displays: A replica of a Victorian quayside, with sawmill, boat-building & other related crafts. Blake's Lock Museum * Gas Works Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3DH Phone: (01734) 390918 Fax: (01734) 590630 Open: Daily ex Mon Displays: General displays of Victorian life include features of river & canal life on Reading's waterways. In a Victorian pumping station The Boat Museum * Dockyard Road, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral, Cheshire L65 4EF Phone: (0151) 355 5017 Fax: (0151) 3554079 Open: Daily in the summer; closed Thurs & Fridays in winter Displays: A big dock complex at ends of the Shropshire Union & Manchester Ship Canals was restored from dereliction. It is now a museum with a collection of over 50 inland waterway boats, with little coracles, barges, narrow-boats, ice-boats, tugs & dredgers. (RC) Boston Guildhall Museum * South Street, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 6HT Phone: (01205) 365954 Open: Daily, Apr - Sept, Mon - Sat in winter Displays: Maritime room, in this general museum, houses models & Customs artifacts. Associations with Pilgrim Fathers (1607). Bridlington Harbour Museum & Aquarium * Harbour Road, Bridlington, East Yorkshire YO15 2NR Write to: Harbour Offices, Gummers Wharf, Bridlington, Yorks YO15 3AN Phone: (01262) 670148 Fax: (01262) 602041 Open: Daily, Easter - Oct., weekends only in winter. Displays: Harbour memorabilia. Locally caught fish in aquarium. Bridport Harbour Museum * The Salt House, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset DT6 4SA Write to: c/o Bridport Museum, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR (Tel: (01308) 422116) Phone: (01308) 420997 Fax: (01308) 458105 Open: Daily, April - Sept, or BA Displays: Bridport's rope and net-making industries. In an old salt-house. NB There is a separate Museum of Net Manufacture at Bridgeacre, Uploaders, Tel: (01308) 485349, BA. Brightlingsea Museum 1 Duke Street, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0EA Write to: White Lodge, Ladysmith Avenue, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0JD Phone: (01206) 303185 Open: End March - end October: Mon, Thur, Sat. Displays: Local maritime history, the Cinque Port Association, oysters. Bristol Industrial Museum [A] & Maritime Heritage Centre [B] ** [A]: Princes Wharf, Prince Street, City Docks, Bristol BS1 4RN; [B]: Wapping Wharf, Gasferry Road, Bristol BS1 6TY Write to: [B]: Museums Manager, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RL Phone: (0117) 925 1470, 926 0680, 922 3571 Fax: (0117) 929 7318 Open: Daily (Industrial Mus. closed Mondays) Displays: [A]: gallery devoted to History of Port of Bristol (& ARC-BA). Fire boat & 2 tugs moored nearby. Story of Bristol shipbuilding with ship models, pictures, at Mar. Herit. Centre [B]; s.s. Great Britain (qv) nearby. City Art Gallery has marine paintings. (RC) Brixham Museum Bolton Cross, Brixham, Devon TQ5 8LZ Phone: (01803) 856267 Open: Mon - Sat, Easter to 31 October. Displays: Museum of local history, with much maritime material. Models of local smacks & trawling ketches, displays of shipbuilding, ship's navigational instruments, reconstructed fisherman's cottage. (RC) Broughty Castle Museum * Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Tayside DD5 2BE, Scotland Write to: McManus Galleries, Albert Square, Dundee DD1 1DA, Scotland Phone: (01382) 76121 Fax: (01382) 432052 Open: Daily ex Friday, & ex Sun Oct - Mar Displays: Displays local 19C fishing industry. Scotland's best collection of 1756-1914 arctic whaling memorabilia. In a 15C estuary fort. Also an arms & armour collection. (RC) Buckhaven Museum Buckhaven Library, College Street, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland Write to: Kirkaldy Museum & Art Gallery, War Memorial Gardens, Kirkaldy, Fife KY1 1YG, Scotland Phone: (01592) 713241 Fax: (01592) 645302 Open: Mon, Tue, Thu, Frid. Displays: A small museum displaying local history, especially fishing. The Buckie Drifter Freuchny Road, Buckie, Banffshire AB56 1TT, Grampian, Scotland Phone: (01542) 834646 Fax: (01542) 835995 Open: Daily, April - Oct. Displays: The maritime heritage of Buckie and the Moray Firth. Herring fishing with steam drifters. Demonstrations and recreated life of 1920s on the quayside. Oakley Class RNLI lifeboat. Harbour tours. NB: Marine paintings are in nearby Peter Anson gallery. (RC) Buckler's Hard ** Buckler's Hard Village, Hampshire SO42 7XB Write to: Archives at: The Beaulieu Archive, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7ZN Phone: (01590) 616203, 612345 Fax: (01590) 612624 Open: Daily Displays: Picturesque village was important 18C shipyard. Some cottages now recreate life of 18C shipwright, inn, etc and a museum displays a model of the 18C village & shipyard, model ships, shipbuilders tools, original plans, pictures and memorabilia. ARC-BA (RC) Bude-Stratton Museum The Town Council, The Castle, Bude, Cornwall EX23 8AG Phone: (01288) 353576 Fax: (01288) 353576 Open: Daily, Easter - Sept Displays: Displays include ship models, figureheads, photos and artefacts related to local maritime history, shipwrecks, lifeboats. Burnham Museum The Quay, Coronation Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CM0 9AS Phone: (01621) 783444 Open: Mid-March to 20 Dec: Wed, Sat & Sun. Displays: Part of the collection refers to local maritime history. Burton Art Gallery * Kinglsey Road, Bideford, Devon EX39 2QQ Phone: (01237) 471455 Open: Tues - Sun Displays: There are some ship models amongst the general collection. Canal Museum (Nottingham) * Canal Street, Nottingham NG1 7ET Write to: c/o Nottingham Industrial Museum, Courtyard Buildings, Wollaton Park, Nottingham NG8 2AE (Tel: (0115) 928 4602) Phone: (0115) 959 8835 Open: Wed - Sun Displays: Models & illustrations showing history, environment & archaeology of River Trent, its tributaries and associated canal system. The Canal Museum (Stoke Bruerne) * Stoke Bruerne, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 7SE Phone: (01604) 862229. (Independent canal boat trips: 862107/862428) Fax: (01604) 862229 Open: Daily in summer, closed Mon in winter Displays: Shows 200 years of canal history. Replica canal boat, costumes, traditional painted wares, tools, prints, photographs. Housed in restored cornmill; canal locks, boats & Blisworth Tunnel nearby. Brit Waterways ARC at Llantony Warehouse, Gloucester GL1 2EH (RC) Captain Cook Birthplace Museum ** Stewart Park, Marton, Middlesbrough, Cleveland Write to: Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland (Tel: (01642) 813781) Phone: (01624) 311211, Fax: (01642) 813781 Open: Tue - Sun + BH Mon. Displays: Cook's early life in this area is illustrated. Displays show his voyages of exploration, and ethnographic material from Australia, New Zealand, Oceania & Canada. Captain Cook Memorial Museum * John Walker's House, Grape Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4BE Phone: (01947) 601900 Open: Daily, Apr - Oct; weekends only in winter. Displays: Late 17C harbour-side house attractively restored to period when James Cook lived there as apprentice. Many prints, models of his ships (all Whitby-built), portrait of Cook (copy) & displays of his voyages & discoveries. Some original documents. ARC-BA. RC. Captain Cook's School-room Museum 101 High Street, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS9 6NB Write to: c/o 9 Langbaurgh Close, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS9 6QH (Tel: (01642) 723911) Open: 1 April - 31 Oct: every afternoon Displays: Housed in the former school where Cook was taught, part of the display illustrates Cook's voyages with 19C maps, a model of the "Endeavour" & items related to Cook. A model of the Cook cottage. Castle Cornet * St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Write to: Guernsey Museums & Galleries, Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. [Tel: (01481) 726518; Fax: (01481) 715177] Phone: (01481) 721657 Fax: (01481) 715177 Open: Daily, Apr-Oct Displays: Newly refurbished maritime gallery, in a fort dating to 13C. Ship models, tools, diving gear & navigation instruments, illustrate 'Maritime Guernsey' theme. Smuggling, privateering, shipbuilding, shipwrecks and the Royal Navy. Military collections nearby. RC HMS Cavalier Hawthorn Leslie Yard, Hebburn, South Tyneside, Tyne & Wear Write to: c/o Press & Promotions Officer, Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, Tyne-and-Wear NE33 2RL Phone: (0191) 427 1717 Fax: (0191) 455 0208 Open: Usually only open to pre-booked groups of 16 or more: enquire. Displays: Last surviving British WWII destroyer. 'C' class 2106 tons std displacement, launched 1944, laid up 1972, now in dry berth. The berth is part of a site under development as a historic ship- building exhibition, so access is restricted at present. (RC) Chatham Hovercraft Gallery Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TE Phone: (01705) 581632 Open: enquire Displays: Temporary exhibition of hovercraft. Collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers The Clock Room, Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ Phone: (0171) 6063030 extn 1865/1866 Open: Mon - Fri ex BH Displays: Collection includes some marine chronometers, 18-20C. Replica of Harrison's First Marine Timekeeper (c. 1730); his H.5 Longitude Watch (1770); others include Sully (France 1724), Emery (1792) Croucher (1830) and several more recent marine chronometers. (RC) Clydebank District Museum Old Town Hall, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank G81 1XQ, Scotland Phone: (0141) 9411331 Open: Mon, Wed, Sat, or BA Displays: A small part of the collection includes material on ship-building and engineering. Cornwall Maritime Museum * 2 Bell's Court, Market Street, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 2AZ Open: Daily in summer; winter: not Sundays Displays: Displays cover Cornwall & the Sea, the Falmouth Packet Service. Ship models, artefacts, paintings. Shipbuilding & navigation. ARC & database of Cornish-built vessels 1786 - 1914 BA. (RC) (Falmouth Art Gallery has some marine paintings & prints) Cotehele Quay Museum Cotehele Quay, St Dominick, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 6TA Phone: (01579) 50830 Open: Daily, April - October. Educational programme anytime BA. Displays: The Shamrock: Tamar river sailing barge, built 1899, restored in 1970s. Ketch rig, 37 tonnes, 57 ft length. Small quayside museum. (Branch of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich & NT) Cowes Maritime Museum Library & Maritime Museum, Beckford Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 7SG Write to: IoW County Museum & Heritage Service, Parkhurst Road, Newport PO30 5TX, Isle of Wight Phone: (01983) 293341 Fax: (01983) 825958 Open: Mon - Wed, Fri & Sat. Displays: Collection illustrates former ship-building industry (Naval 19C & 20C) and present yacht building industry, with models, photos & plans and a photographic archive. Some small craft. (also see: Sir Max Aitken Museum at West Cowes) Cromer Museum * East Cottages, Tucker Street, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9HB Phone: (01263) 513543 Open: Daily Displays: Small museum of regional history, with displays on crab fishing, general fishing, boatbuilding (with tools displayed), renovated fisherman's cottage, garden & wash-house. Illustrations of local coastal trade, and traditional English sea-side holidays. Cromer RNLI Lifeboat Museum * The Gangway, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 Write to: c/o Mr Jim Smith, 33 Hillside, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 0HY Phone: (01263) 512503 Open: Daily, May - Oct Displays: Houses the 1935-45 lifeboat "H.F. Bailey". Displays, models and photographs show the history of the lifeboat station since 1804. The medals of Coxwain Blogg. Video films. Cutty Sark Clipper Ship ** King William Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9HT Write to: The Maritime Trust, 2 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9BG Phone: (0181) 858 3445, 858 2698 Fax: (0181) 853 3589 Open: Daily Displays: Historic tea clipper, built Dumbarton, river Clyde, Scotland 1869 Later (1877-1895) in Australian wool trade. Composite constructn. Now in dry berth. Below deck are displays of figureheads, and of the 19C tea trade. Owned by the Maritime Trust. (RC) Dartmouth Museum * The Butterwalk, Dartmouth, Devon TO6 9PZ Phone: (01803) 832923 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Ship models, incl French prisoner-of-war models. Marine paintings and other pictures. Housed in an attractive 17C building (RC) Deal Maritime & Local History Museum 22 St George's Road, Deal, Kent CT14 6BA Phone: (01304) 362837 Open: Late May - end Sept: every afternoon Displays: Real & model boats, figure-heads, compasses, stern-boards and relics of the pilots and the lifeboats. Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank Castle Street, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire G82 1QS, Strathclyde, Scotland Phone: (01389) 763444 Fax: (01389) 43093 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: The world's first commercial experiment tank, built 1883 for the William Denny & Bros Shipyard. Fully restored; demonstrations of making model hulls for testing in long water tank. Models of paddle steamers, liners & warships on view. ARC-BA Derry Harbour Museum Harbour Square, Derry, Co Londonderry BT48 6AF, Northern Ireland Write to: Derry City Council, Recreation & Leisure Department, Heritage & Museum Service, 5 Guildhall Street, Derry BT48 6BJ, N. Ireland Phone: (01504) 365151 Fax: (01504) 370080 Open: Mon - Fri Displays: Ship models, half-hulls, maps and pictures related to maritime heritage of Derry. The "Iona Curragh" 1963 repro of ancient boat. Museum is being developed in 1882 HQ building of Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners. (RC) Discovery Point ** Discovery Quay, Dundee DD1 4XA, Scotland Write to: Dundee Industrial Heritage Ltd, Maritime House, 26 East Dock St, Dundee DD1 9HY, Scotland Phone: (01382) 201245, 25282 Fax: (01382) 225891 Open: Daily Displays: The Royal Research Ship "Discovery"; built for the 1901 Antarctic expedition of the R.G.S. & Robert Falcon Scott. Maritime Trust loan. Displays, AV effects & school facilities aboard & in quay- side centre tell story of the ship & polar exploration. ARC-BA RC The Dock Museum * North Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 2PU Phone: (01229) 870871, 825500 Fax: (01229) 811361 Open: Summer: Tue - Sun + BH Mon. Winter: Wed - Sun. Displays: Displays of various ship- and boat-building trades, shipwright's tools. Ship models: mainly 1:48 scale Vickers' ships 19C - 1934. Photographs, navigation instruments. 5 historic boats. ARC-BA RC Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum Crown Quay Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3SN Write to: c/o 65 Park Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 1DY Phone: (01795) 424132 during opening times, otherwise 423215 Open: Sundays & BH, Easter - Oct Displays: Small museum specializing in Thames Sailing Barges. Barge models, plans, pictures. Shipwright's, blacksmith's & riggers' tools; in yard are parts. Video. Historic spritsail barge Cambria (1906). Duxford Airfield (Imperial War Museum) ** Duxford, Cambridgeshire, CB2 4QR Phone: (01223) 835000; airfield control: 833376 Fax: (01223) 837267 Open: Daily Displays: Primarily an aircraft museum, collection includes Fleet Air Arm and US Navy planes & helicopters, and a maritime reconnaissance Avro Shackleton. Other Naval items include midget submarine X-51 & fragment of X-7. Education service. Periodic special events. RC East Kent Maritime Museum * Clock House, Pier yard, Royal Harbour, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 8LS Phone: (01843) 587765 Open: Daily in summer, Mon - Fri from Oct - March. Displays: Displays of bygone local shipbuilders, sailmakers & fishermen. Relics of the Great Gale 1703 which destroyed many ships. RNLI memorabilia & models of lifeboats. Exhibits of town in war, incl Dunkirk (1940). Several historic vessels on display. Shop. Exeter Maritime Museum * The Haven, Exeter, Devon EX2 8DT Phone: (01392) 58075 Open: Daily in Summer; Oct - Mar: Sat, Sun & BH. Displays: Over 100 boats, from steam tugboat and HK junk to tiny coracles. Worldwide native craft collection, row-boats for trans-oceanic attempts, Brunel's drag-boat "Bertha", replica of "Great Harry" (for youngsters). Occasional spec events. Teaching resources (RC) Eyemouth Museum Auld Kirk, Market Place, Eyemouth, Berwicks TD14 5HE, Scotland Phone: (01890) 750678 Open: Daily, Apr - Sep; Mon - Sat in October; closed in winter. Displays: Folk life and fishing museum. A large tapestry commemorates a local fishing disaster of 1881. Ferens Art Gallery ** Queen Victoria Square, Hull, Humberside HU1 3RA Phone: (01482) 593912 Fax: (01482) 593913 Open: Daily Displays: A general art gallery, with a significant collection of marine paintings. (see also the nearby Town Docks Museum). Filey Museum 8-10 Queen Street, Filey, North Yorkshire YO14 9HB Write to: c/o Tile Cottage, West Avenue, Filey, North Yorkshire YO14 9BE Phone: (01723) 513640 Open: Daily ex Sat, June - Sept. Displays: The collection illustrates local life, with emphasis on fishing, the lifeboat and the seashore. Fishermen's Museum * Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3DW Write to: 11 Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5NJ Phone: (01424) 461446 Open: Daily, May - September Displays: Housed in the old Fishermen's Church is the last Hastings sailing lugger "Enterprise" (1909), a horse-capstan, several ship models including 14 ft "Henri Grace A Dieu" and local mementos. (RC) NB Shipwreck Centre (qv) nearby. Some material at Old Town Hall. Fleet Air Arm Museum ** Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, near Ilchester, Somerset Write to: Box D6, RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset BA22 8HT Phone: (01935) 840565 Fax: (01935) 840181 Open: Daily Displays: The history of Naval flying since 1908: 87 aircraft (45-50 shown, incl Concorde 002), many ship & plane models, weapons, medals & uniforms, paintings & documents. Coll of c250,000 photos. Lib: ARC-BA. Research service (BA with Keeper of Records; fee). (RC) Fleetwood Museum Queens Terrace, Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 6BT Phone: (01253) 876621 Fax: (01253) 878088 Open: Easter - Oct: daily Displays: Housed in Decimus Burton's 1838 Custom House, the museum shows a model of docks, a replica trawler bridge, ship models, pictures & equipment from the deep-sea and inshore fishing industry. Many photos of former Fleetwood trawlers. Local lifeboat material. RC Fort Grey Maritime Museum * Rocquaine Bay, St Peter's, Guernsey, Channel Islands Write to: Guernsey Museums & Galleries, Candie Gardens, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Tel: (01481) 426518 Phone: (01481) 765036; Education services: 723688 Fax: (01481) 715177 Open: Daily, Apr - Oct Displays: Housed in a coastal Martello tower (1804) is an exhibition of items from many Naval & merchant vessels wrecked nearby. Survey by underwater archaeology of 1777 wreck of HMS Sprightly. Display of navigation & lighthouse items. Cannon from 1807 HMS Boreas. RC Fort Victoria Museum Fort Victoria Country Park, Westhill Lane, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight PO41 0RW Write to: The Hampshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, Admin. Building, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hants SO17 1BJ Phone: (01983) 761214, (01703) 593290 Fax: (01703) 593037 Open: Daily, Easter - September Displays: The Maritime Heritage exhibition is a small display of artefacts, pictures, videos & text explaining underwater archaeology. Housed in part of 19C coastal fortress, with an adjacent aquarium. Some archives at the Hampshire & Wight Trust HQ. (RC) Foxton Canal Museum * Middle Lock, Foxton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7RA Phone: (0116) 279 2657 Open: Daily in summer, Wed - Sun in winter Displays: Boat lift, locks and other items related to canal 1793-1950. Gairloch Heritage Museum * Achtercairn, Gairloch, Ross-shire IV21 2BJ, Highland, Scotland Phone: (01445) 712287 Open: Mon - Sat, Apr - Sept; winter BA Displays: A general museum illustrating the past of Gairloch parish, incl. displays of restored boats, lighthouse and importance of fishing. Lib & Arch. Gipsy Moth IV * Cutty Sark Gardens, King William Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9HT Write to: Maritime Trust, 2 Greenwich Church St., London SE10 9BG (Tel: 0181 858 2698) Phone: (0181) 858 3445 (This is to the Cutty Sark, nearby) Fax: (0181) 8533589 Open: Daily, Apr - Oct. Displays: The ketch, built in 1966, in which Sir Francis Chichester made his solo around-the-world voyage. MT. (adjacent to the Cutty Sark Clipper Ship, qv) Goole Museum & Art Gallery Carlisle Street, Goole, North Humberside, DN14 5AA Write to: County Museum Officer, Central Library, Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF (Tel: (01482) 224040) Phone: (01405) 762187 Fax: (01405) 768329 Open: Mon-Sat Displays: Small museum with a collection of local history, esp development of port & shipyards of Goole. Ship models, paintings & photos. Coll of 27 ship portraits by local marine artist Reuben Chappell. ARC: some BA, some at Local History Room of Goole Library. (RC) Grace Darling Museum * 1, Radcliffe Road, Bamburgh, Northumberland NE69 7AE Write to: St Aidans Lodge, 2 Radcliffe Road, Bamburgh, Northumberland NE69 7AE Phone: (01668) 214465 Open: Daily, Easter - October Displays: Personal mementos of Grace Darling, incl the rowing coble used by her and her father to rescue 9 survivors of the Forfarshire, wrecked in a storm in 1838. Pictures, medals, and items recovered from the wreck. An RNLI museum. (RC) The Great Britain ** Great Western Dock, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol BS1 6TY Phone: Until 16 April 95: (0272) 260680, then (0117) 9260680 Fax: (0117) 9255788 Open: Daily Displays: Not Brunel's first innovation, but first iron-hulled propeller- driven transatlantic liner (1843). Salvaged 1970, now undergoing total restoration. Most of exterior, masts, rigging, now complete Dining Saloon sumptuously restored. Replica engine, propeller. RC Guildhall Museum * High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1PY Phone: (01634) 848717 Open: Daily Displays: Among items related to local history are some ship & boat models, incl bone ones by French Napoleonic PoWs in Rochester Castle. The Guildhall (1687) has associations with Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Hartland Quay Museum * Hartland Quay, Hartland, Bideford, N. Devon EX39 6DU Write to: The Old Forge, Woolley, Morwenstow, nr. Bude, Cornwall EX23 9PP Phone: c/o (0128 883) 353 Open: Daily in Easter week. Daily Spring BH - 30 Sept. Displays: Large model of local coast shows 150+ shipwrecks since Tudor period. Relics of wrecks: steamships Cingetorix, Rosalia, Johanna with pictures & documents. Model of 19C harbour, now disappeared. Displays of local fishing & trade, smuggling, lighthouse. (RC) HARTLEPOOL: the old dock area is being extensively re-developed and the Hartlepool Maritime Museum will be dismantled and moved to new quarters. Following the successful restoration of HMS Warrior (now at Portsmouth), the old frigate HMS Trincomalee (ex-Foudroyaunt) is being renovated at Hartlepool and a number of other historic vessels are there, including the side-paddle river ferry Wingfield Castle. Plans involving the Imperial War Museum appear to have been shelved, but the situation is changing constantly and for current information try contacting: The Hartlepool Museums Service, Sir William Grey House, Clarence Road, Hartlepool TS24 8BT [Tel (01429) 268916 Fax (01429) 869625] or: Hartlepool Maritime Museum Northgate, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 0LT Write to: Hartlepool Museum Service, Civic Centre, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 8AY Phone: (01429) 272814, 266522 Fax: (01429) 856450 Open: Mon - Sat? ** Enquire ** Displays: Collection covers the maritime history of Hartlepool: fishing, ship-building & marine engineering. Displays of a fisherman's cottage, replica ship's bridge, gas lantern, net store, etc. ** NB: Being reorganised: no current info available. ** Heritage Centre Museum Old Lifeboat House, East Terrace, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex Write to: c/o Tree House, 10 Walton Road, Kirby-le-Soken, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex CO13 0DU Phone: (01255) 678259 Open: Daily, pm only, mid-July to Sept. Displays: A small display of local oyster fishery, the local lifeboat & estuarine wildlife. Other temporary exhibitions. The Historic Dockyard ** Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TE Phone: (01634) 812551, GV catering: 880300 Fax: (01634) 826918 Open: Daily, Easter - 31 October; Wed, Sat & Sun in Feb/Mar/Nov. Displays: An 80 acre site. Historic buildings now display 18-19C Naval ship -building, ml Naval guns, rope and sailmaking & other crafts. HMS Gannet (composite hull, sail/steam sloop) HMS Ocelot (submar) and other historic boats under restoration. Allow 4-5 hours. (RC) Historic Warships at Birkenhead * East Float, Dock Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside L41 1DJ Phone: (0151) 650 1573 Fax: (0151) 650 1473 Open: Daily Displays: Tours of HMS Plymouth (Rothesay class type 12 anti-sub frigate launched 1959) & HMS Onyx (Oberon class submarine launched 1966). Both vessels served in South Atlantic, 1982. The Cammell Laird shipyard (where Onyx was built) is nearby. (RC) The Hovercraft Museum 15 St Marks Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 2DA Phone: (01705) 601310 Fax: (01705) 601310 Open: Enquire. Displays: A collection of about 20 hovercraft of different sizes & models. Extensive archives. Ilfracombe Museum * Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, North Devon EX34 8AF Phone: (01271) 863541 Open: Daily, Easter - Nov; Mon - Fri in winter Displays: There are some maritime items as part of the general collection. Photos of local sailing craft, ship models. Immingham Museum Margaret Street, Immingham, South Humberside DN40 1LE Phone: (01469) 577066 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Collection covers the relationship between the port and the railway at Immingham. Archives of Humber Graving Dock stored. Isles of Scilly Museum Association * Church Street, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (Cornwall TR21 0JT) Phone: (01720) 422337 Open: Daily in summer; Weds pm only in winter Displays: The HM Customs gig Klondyke. Models of other vessels incl steam- boat Britannia (1870s). Much material about shipwrecks: salvage, photos. Wool pictures by local seamen. Shipbuilding on Scilly: tools, pictures & half-hulls. Lib includes logs of local ships RC The Jersey Museum * The Weighbridge, St. Helier, Jersey JE2 3NF, Channel Islands Phone: (01534) 30511 Fax: (01534) 66085 Open: Daily Displays: The general "Story of Jersey" collection includes extensive coll of maritime art. A fishing boat, replica sailmaker's loft, items & photographs cover shipbuilding, smuggling, navigation & fishing Interactive computer archive. New maritime site opening 1997 (RC) Kennet & Avon Canal Exhibition Centre Canal Visitor Centre, Couch Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1EB Phone: (01380) 721279, 729489; Crofton engines: (01672) 851639, 870300 Fax: (01380) 727870 Open: Daily, Easter - Christmas Displays: The exhibition commemorates the pioneer navvies & engineers who built the 18C canal between Bristol & Reading, the traders and others who used and operated the canals, and the restoration of the almost derelict canal since 1951. Beam engines at Crofton. RC Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum * Kirkleatham, Redcar, Cleveland TS10 5NW Phone: (01642) 479500 Fax: (01642) 474199 Open: Daily ex Mon, Summer only. Displays: Displays of Langbaurgh local history include fishing boats, items illustrating local fishing, photo display of lifeboat service at local centres and associated artefacts. ARC. Lakeland Motor Museum * Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Cumbria LA11 7PL Phone: (015395) 58509 Fax: (015395) 58509 Open: April - 31 Oct: Sun - Fri. Displays: Mainly a collection of classic cars & motor-cycles, but includes classic motor-boats. Lancaster Maritime Museum * Custom House, St George's Quay, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 1RB Phone: (01524) 64637 Fax: (01524) 847663 Open: Daily (pm only in Winter) Displays: Illustrates history of the port, with ship models, displays of catching local shellfish, whammel boat & inshore fishing. Ship- building, trade with W.I. & Baltic. AV displays on port & the bay Located in historic 1764 Custom House, on quayside. ARC-BA (RC) Museum of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution * King Edward Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4BY Phone: (01323) 730717 Open: Daily, Apr - Dec Displays: Models of 5 lifeboats, sails & oars of last sailing lifeboat, photographs of past lifeboats, their coxswains, & ships given assistance. Personal memorabilia. Housed in 1898 lifeboat house. Linlithgow Union Canal Society Museum Manse Road Basin, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Write to: 6 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, West Lothian EH49 6HQ, Scotland Phone: (01506) 842289; GV & Charter: 842575 Open: Easter - Sept: Sat & Sun pm only, or BA Displays: The story of the canal construction, with photos, displays of tools, documentation. Replica canal boat operates from wharf. Lleyn Historical & Maritime Museum Old St Mary's Church, Church Street, Nefyn, Gwynedd, Wales Write to: Capt R Rice Hughes, Pen-y-Maes, High Street, Nefyn, Gwynedd Phone: (01758) 720270 Open: Daily from mid-July to mid-Sept. Displays: Model ships & lifeboats, maritime paintings and items associated with the fishing industry of north-west Wales. Lloyd's Nelson Collection Lloyd's, Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA Phone: (0171) 3276260 Fax: (0171) 3275599 Open: BA only Displays: A collection of correspondence, silver, swords and other items commemmorating the connection between Lord Nelson & Lloyd's. LONDON: for maritime collections near central London see: HMS Belfast, Collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, Lloyd's Nelson Collection, Museum of London, Science Museum, and St Katherine's Dock. On the north side, at Kings Cross, is the London Canal Museum. A short way east, downriver, is the Thames Police Museum. Further downriver at Greenwich are the vessels Cutty Sark and Gipsy Moth IV, and the National Maritime Museum, with the Greenwich Royal Observatory nearby. Note the elegant buildings of the Royal Naval College, built by Sir Christopher Wren along the Thames (they are now for sale). The ex-Soviet submarine U-475 is at Woolwich, a little further downstream. The London Canal Museum 12/13 New Wharf Road, King's Cross, London N1 9RT Phone: (0171) 713 0836 Open: Tue - Sun & BH Mon Displays: A collection of items and photographs of the inland waterways of the London area, housed in a former canalside ice depot. Lowestoft & East Suffolk Maritime Museum Sparrows Nest Gardens, Whapload Road, Lowstoft, Suffolk NR32 1XG Phone: (01502) 561963 Open: Daily, from May - 30 Sept Displays: Mainly pictures, tools & ship models illustrating local fishing industry in 1920s & 30s. Housed in former fisherman's cottage, there is a reconstructed drifter's cabin. Lifeboat material. Associations with Royal Naval Patrol Service. Lydia Eva (YH 89) * Usually at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, or Lowestoft, Suffolk. (Enquire at Tourist Information or phone (01502) 677602) Write to: c/o Coordinator, Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Charitable Trust, Ketts Acre, Crimpcramp Lane, Wheatacre, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 0BQ Phone: (01502) 677602 (Coordinator's residence), (01603) 782758 Open: Usually daily, Easter - Sept or Oct. Displays: Last surviving steam drifter, built 1930, now restored. Usually open as a museum of the herring fishery, from wheelhouse to fish hold, net store, crew's quarters & triple-expansion steam engine (under restoration). (RC) Lynn Museum * Market Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1NL Phone: (01553) 775001 Fax: (01553) 775001 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Part of general collection includes local maritime history. Some scrimshaw & harpoons reflect Lynn's one-time whaling industry. Lytham Lifeboat Museum * East Beach, Lytham, Lancashire Write to: Mr. J.F. Kilroy, 35 Ripon Road, Lytham St Anne's, Lancs FY8 4DS Open: Tue, Thurs, Sat & Sun, May BH - Sept. Also Weds in July & Aug. Displays: History of RNLI and Lytham & St Anne's lifeboats shown in photos and mementos. Display on the wreck of the Mexico, 1866. Marine Life Centre & Fishing Museum Seahouses, Northumberland Open: Enquire locally Displays: A private museum based in warehouse near harbour, with displays of fishing, herring-smoking and lives of local fishermen. Ship models, navigating instruments and many lines, nets, pots & other tools of the fisherman. Items from Longstone Lighthouse. Maritime Museum for East Anglia * 25 Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2EN Write to: Great Yarmouth Museums, Elizabethan House Museum, 4 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2QH Phone: (01493) 842267; archives etc: 855746 Open: Summer & week preceding + week following Easter: daily ex Sats Displays: Maritime heritage of Norfolk. Collection of pierhead paintings & naive ship portraits. Models, tools, pictures, records illustrate local herring fishery, shipping & shipbuilding, inland waterways, Capt Manby's lifesaving invention. Scrimshaw coll. Lib&ARC-BA. RC Marlipins Museum High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex Write to: c/o The Roman Palace, Salthill Road, Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 3QR Phone: (01273) 462994 Open: Tue - Sun, May - Sept. Displays: Maritime part of collection puts emphasis on ancient port of Shoreham: ship models, ship portraits, maps. In 12C building. The Mary Rose ** Mary Rose Trust, College Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LX Phone: (01705) 750521; GV: 839766; Shop & bookshop: 839938 Fax: (01705) 870588 Computer: http://www.synergy.net/homeport.html Open: Daily Displays: Henry VIII's warship sank 1545. Remains raised 1982, and visible in preservation chamber (now being sprayed with PEG). Over 1000 finds on display: guns, arrows & longbows (only Tudor examples known), clothing & personal items, surgeons tools. AV shows. (RC) Maryport Maritime Museum * 1 Senhouse Street, Shipping Brow, Maryport, Cumbria CA15 6AB (steamships at Elizabeth Dock, Maryport) Write to: c/o Allerdale Museums Service, Development Planning & Leisure, Allerdale House, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3YJ [T: 01900 735409] Phone: (01900) 813738, 815954 Fax: (01900) 735346 Open: Museum & Ships open daily in summer; museum closed Sun in winter. Displays: Models, paintings, tools & other objects illustrate Maryport's maritime history and shipyards. Paintings by William Mitchell. Displays for T.H.Ismay (White Star Line) & Fletcher Christian (of The Bounty & Pitcairn Island). 2 small steamboats at Harbour. RC McKechnie Institute * Dalrymple Street, Girvan, Ayrshire KA26 9AE, Strathclyde Scotland Phone: (01465) 713643 Open: Tues - Sat; also Mon in July & Aug. Displays: Amongst the general exhibits are ship models, ringnet fishing artefacts & relics of the SS Wallachia which sank in 1895. McLean Museum & Art Gallery * 15 Kelly Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire PA16 8JX, Strathclyde, Scotland Phone: (01475) 723741 Fax: (01475) 882010 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: There is some material relating to maritime history among the general museum & gallery exhibits. Models of several 19C ships, Chinese ivory ship models. Paintings. Relics of James Watt. McManus Galleries * Albert Square, Dundee, Angus DD1 1DA, Tayside, Scotland Phone: (01382) 432020, 434000; GV: 432033 Fax: (01382) 432052 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Among the general Human History and Art collections are some ship models and displays of shipping & ship-building. (ARC - some at Dundee City Archives; RC) Mersea Island Museum High Street, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex CO5 8QD Write to: Mersea Island Museum Trust, 16 Woodfield Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex CO5 8PX Phone: (01206) 385191, 383301 Open: Wed - Sun & BH, pm only, May - Sept Displays: Small museum of local history, with displays of fishing gear & fisherman's cottage, model boats and photographs. Merseyside Maritime Museum ** Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside L3 4AQ Phone: (0151) 207 0001; SE: 478 4747 Fax: (0151) 478 4590 Open: Daily (Library & Archives: Tues - Thurs) Displays: Galleries devoted to emigration, transatlantic slavery, battle of the Atlantic, shipbuilding, marine paintings. Display of maritime crafts. Ship models & real items. Museum of HM Customs & Excise. Quayside & ships. Maritime Library & Archs: booking advisable. RC Mincarlo (LT412) Usually at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, or Lowestoft, Suffolk. (Enquire at Tourist Information or phone (01502) 677602) Write to: c/o Coordinator, Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Charitable Trust, Ketts Acre, Crimpcramp Lane, Wheatacre, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 0BQ Phone: (01502) 677602 (Coordinator's residence), (01603) 782758 Open: Usually daily, Easter - Sept or Oct. Displays: A side-fishing trawler, built 1962, with 5 cylinder 500 hp diesel marine engine. Ceased fishing in 1969, she is now being preserved as an example of a near/middle water trawler typical of 1960s. RC Morwellham Quay Open Air Museum ** Morwellham, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8JL Phone: (01822) 832766 Fax: (01822) 833808 Open: Daily Displays: A restored 19C river-port, once important for shipping copper & manganese ore. Ketch "Garlandstone" & small boats at the restored quays. The "Ship Inn" probably 16C. Area is Theme Park in style, with staff in period costume in cottages, workshops and farm. RC Museum of London ** London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Phone: (0171) 600 3699 Fax: (0171) 6001058 Computer: mus@museum-london.org.uk Open: Tues - Sun + BH Mon Displays: Two boats from Roman period & a few ship models, artifacts from trade and dockland. Port of London Authority Collection. Museum devoted to all aspects of London's society & culture. Education facilities. New Museum of Docklands planned for 1996/7. (RC) Museum of Transport ** Kelvin Hall, 1 Bunhouse Road, Glasgow G3 8PZ, Scotland Phone: (0141) 221 9600, 305 2623 Fax: (0141) 305 2692 Open: Daily Displays: The Clyde Room has a large display of ship models: a few early Board of Admiralty & Napoleonic PoW. models, but maily large & detailed models of powered Navy, passenger & cargo vessels, many built on The Clyde. ca 800 models & hulls. ARC & Library (RC) Nairn Fishertown Museum Laing Hall, King Street, Nairn IV12 4NZ, Highland, Scotland Write to: The Secretary, 2 Lodgehill Park, Nairn IV12 4SA Phone: (01667) 456278 Open: Mon - Fri, 1 June - 30 Sept. Displays: Model fishing boats & photographs show story of local fishing, the fishertown and fisherfolk in late 19C & early 20C. Artefacts & memorabilia of line & net fishing. Reconstructed interior of part of a fisherman's cottage. Tours of the fishertown. (RC) Museum Nan Eilean Francis Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2NF Phone: (01851) 703773 ext 305 Open: Tues - Sat. Displays: There are maritime and fishing themes included in the displays of life in the Outer Hebrides. Before WWI Stornoway was a major herring fisheries port, and before that whaling was important. National Fishing Heritage Centre, & Back o'Doigs ** Alexandra Dock, Great Grimsby, South Humberside DN31 1UZ Phone: (01472) 344867/8 Fax: (01472) 344887 Open: Daily (Back o'Doigs closed BH) Displays: Marine paintings, ship models, fishing artefacts form part of an exhibition of local folk life & social history. Photo archives. Four fishing boats preserved/restored. Educational services. National Maritime Museum ** Romney Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF Phone: (0181) 858 4422, bookings: 312 6608 Fax: (0181) 3126632 Open: Daily Displays: Britain's No 1 maritime+naval museum. Paintings, old & new ship models & real boats, instruments, personal items & weapons, guns, flags, charts, dioramas & AV displays illustrate Trade, Explorers Naval wars, Seamanship, Nautical archaeology. Lib. Temp shows. RC National Motor Boat Museum * Pitsea Hall Country Park, Pitsea, Basildon, Essex SS16 4UW Phone: (01268) 550077 Fax: (01268) 581093 Open: Thursday - Monday Displays: Mainly fast sports & leisure craft, the collection (ca 27 boats) includes an early 1873 steamer & 1908 Kelvin engine. Recent small hydroplanes, jet boats, offshore powerboats & record-breakers. Engines, workshop, video room. Library & ARC: BA. (RC) National Waterways Museum * Llantony Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EH Phone: (01452) 318054 Fax: (01452) 318075 Open: daily Displays: Models, engines & machinery, hands-on exhibits, illustrate 200 year history of inland waterways. Historic craft at quayside. Boat trips, horse-wagon tours, crafts displays, cargo handling & storage. AV shows. Shop. British Waterways Archives. (RC) The Nautical Museum Castletown, Isle of Man Write to: Manx National Heritage, Manx Museum & National Trust, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 3LY Phone: (01624) 675522 Fax: (01624) 661899 Open: Daily, Easter to 30 September Displays: The "Peggy" - an armed schooner-rig yacht, built 1789. She is housed within George Quayle's 18C house which now contains some memorabilia and a display of sailmaking tools. Archives at Manx Museum Library, Douglas. (RC) The Nelson Museum * Monmouth Museum, Priory Street, Monmouth, Gwent NP5 3XA, Wales Phone: (01600) 713519 Open: Daily Displays: A collection of memorabilia associated with Admiral Lord Nelson. Nelson's sword, commemorative china, glassware, silver, printed matter & medals. Models & naval equipment. Fake "relics". Newark Air Museum * The Airfield, Winthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 2NY Phone: (01636) 707170 Open: Daily Displays: Six Royal Navy aircraft (Gannet, Sea Hawk, Sea Venom, Sea Vixen, Buccaneer & Whirlwind helicopter) comprise part of collection of over 40 aircraft (mainly early military jets). Indoor displays of engines, aircraft radio/radar, instruments, RAF uniforms. RC Newcastle Discovery ** Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear NE1 4JA Phone: (0191) 2326789 Fax: (0191) 2302614 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Part of the collection, devoted to science & engineering in NE England, displays local shipbuilding & other maritime items. Many builders' models of Tyneside ships. (The first steam-turbine boat "Turbinia" is nearby: BA). Trinity Maritime Centre on Quayside. Newhaven Local & Maritime Museum West Foreshore, Newhaven, East Sussex Write to: c/o 51 Hillcrest Road, Newhaven, East Sussex BN9 9EE Phone: (01273) 514760 Open: Sat, Sun & BH, Good Friday - 31 Oct. Displays: Photographs & albums of local & general interest. North Devon Maritime Museum Odun House, Odun Road, Appledore, Bideford, N. Devon EX39 1PT Phone: (01237) 471455, Archives & GV: 474852 Open: Daily, afternoons, Easter to 31 October or BA Displays: Displays the maritime history of north Devon. Ship models & half- models, dioramas of mediaeval shipping, 19C shipbuilding. Display of tools, carved tillers, wrecks & lifeboat rescue, fishing items & WW2 equipment tested locally. Audiovisual programmes. ARC-BA RC Orkney Wireless Museum Church Road, St Margaret's Hope, Orkney Isles KW17 2SR Phone: (01856) 874272 Open: Daily, Apr - Sept. Displays: Collection of historic radio equipment. Displays, with photos, maps & charts of Naval wireless communications at Scapa Flow. Outward Bound Museum Outward Bound, Aberdovey, Gwynedd LL35 0RA, Wales Phone: (01654) 767464 Open: Daily in summer Displays: A few ship models from the discontinued sailing museum can be seen among the general collection of Outward Bound material. Padstow Museum The Men's Institute, Market Place, Padstow, Cornwall Write to: J Lowe, 8 Cross Street, Padstow, Cornwall Phone: (01841) 532574 Open: Daily Displays: General collection includes features on the local lifeboat, ship- building & shipwrecks. Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery * Priestgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 1LF Phone: (01733) 343329 Open: Tue - Sat Displays: The general collection has a local emphasis, and includes several fine ship models made from bone by French prisoners in the nearby Napoleonic PoW camp at Norman Cross (1796-1816). Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery * Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AJ Phone: (01752) 264878 Fax: (01752) 264959 Open: Tue - Sat, also BH Mon. Displays: A wide-ranging general collection, with some maritime material: ship models, incl some bone PoW models, some ship equipment. A good collection of maritime paintings. See also Smeatons Tower. NB The Elizabethan House and The Merchant House museums nearby. Porthmadog Maritime Museum Oakley Wharf No. 1, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales Write to: c/o Eifion Davies, Gowerian, Ralph Street, Borth-y-Gest, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales (Tel: (01766) 512864) Phone: (01766) 513736 Open: Daily in Easter week, and between May BH to 30 Sept, or BA Displays: Ship models, pictures, documents, tools & other equipment show the importance of local shipbuilding, and the export of slate in the fine Porthmadog topsail schooners during 18C - 19C. PORTSMOUTH area: The following are in Portsmouth itself: The Mary Rose, Royal Naval Museum, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior. There are other military museums such as the D-Day Museum and Southsea Castle on Clarence Esplanade, and the whole area is permeated with Naval and military associations and memorials. In adjacent Southsea is the Royal Marines Museum. Across the harbour, in Gosport, are the Hovercraft Museum and the RN Submarine Museum. There are hopes that the Naval Armaments Museum may be opened to the public before long. The Royal Armouries have opened Fort Nelson in Fareham as an ordnance museum, with some of the earliest examples of artillery. There are live firings, etc., from time to time. Southampton, where the great transatlantic liners used the deep water harbour, is only a few miles away. It has its Maritime Museum and a number of maritime memorials (eg: Mayflower, Stella and Titanic). Buckler's Hard, on the Beaulieu (pronounced Bewley) river is a few miles from Southampton. There are ferry-boats from Portsmouth and Southampton to the Isle of Wight, with maritime museums at Bembridge, Blackgang, Cowes (see also under Sir Max Aitken) and Fort Victoria at Yarmouth. Rhyl Library, Museum & Arts Centre * Church Street, Rhyl, Clwyd LL18 3AA, Wales Phone: (01745) 353814 Fax: (01745) 331438 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: A small museum illustrates social & maritime history of fishing village & holiday resort. Models of local shipping, the Lifeboat "Caroline Richardson", and a photographic collection. (RC) Roberston Marine Life Museum & Aquarium University Marine Biological Station, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland KA28 0EG Phone: (01475) 530581 Fax: (01475) 530601 Open: Mon - Sat in summer, Mon - Fri in winter Displays: Displays show the history of the station, with replica of first research vessel. Geology & oceanography, fish & invertebrates of the Clyde area. Aquaculture & importance of seaweeds in domestic products. Aquarium. The Robertson Reserve Collection (RC) Royal Marines Museum * Eastney, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 9PX Phone: (01705) 819385 Fax: (01705) 838420 Open: Daily Displays: Weapons, uniforms, medals, equipment, photos & paintings, models, maps & personal items displayed in 10 galleries show the history of Marines since 1664 (Admiral's Regiment) & their roles on land & sea. RM Commandos, & womens' Marens. Special events. ARC-BA. RC Royal National Lifeboat Institution Headquarters West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ Phone: (01202) 671133 Open: Mon - Fri, ex BH Displays: A "D" Class lifeboat, models, paintings & photos, memorabilia, medals & commemorative items illustrate history of the RNLI. NB: also the Old Lifeboat House, on East Quay. Royal Naval Museum ** H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3NU Phone: (01705) 733060; shop: 826682 Fax: (01705) 875806 Open: Daily Displays: Britain's main RN museum. 5 galleries of models, dioramas, photos & paintings, medals & personal memorabilia of sailors, from Lord Nelson to seamen and cabin boys. Navy in 20C includes role of the Women's Royal Naval Service in WW2. ARC-BA. HMS Victory nearby RC Royal Navy Submarine Museum * Haslar Jetty Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 2AS Phone: (01705) 510354, 822351 ext 41250. Fax: (01705) 511349 Open: Daily, except 24 Dec - 1 Jan Displays: AV briefing & guided tour of HMS Alliance (built 1947); Holland I built 1905 (RN's first submarine); midget submarines. Museum has models, torpedoes, medals & other exhibits, photographs. Guns & other submarine-related exhibits nearby. Cinema with AV show (RC) Salcombe Maritime Museum Town Hall, Market Street, Salcombe, Devon Write to: c/o D Blackhurst, Flat 1, Hamstone Court, Great Gates, Salcombe, Devon TQ8 8JY Open: Daily, Easter - 31 Oct. Displays: A newly formed museum, holding items of local maritime interest. NB: there are also maritime items at nearby Overbecks Museum. Scalloway Museum * Main Street, Scalloway, Shetland Islands Write to: c/o Mr. J. Nicholson, Fairhaven, Scalloway, Shetland ZE1 0TP Phone: (01595) 880256, 880675, 880608 Open: May - Sept (enquire) or BA Displays: A section of this small museum deals with WW2 operations known as "The Shetland Bus", a sea-borne Norwegian Resistance undertaking, assisted by the RN. Photos, maps, listings of missions & vessels. Shetland fishing & whaling history: models, whaling tools, (RC) Science Museum ** Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD Phone: (0171) 938 8000 Fax: (0171) 9388118 Computer: http://www.nmsi.ac.uk Open: Daily Displays: The museum holds a wide range of ship models as part of transport theme. Also navigational instruments. Port model, etc Scott Polar Research Institute * Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER Phone: (01223) 336540, 337733 Fax: (01223) 336549 Open: Most afternoons, ex Sundays Displays: Material related to exploration and research in polar regions, incl 19C Franklyn expeditions & searches, Capt Scott's antarctic expeditions. Ship models, maps, relics, pictures, scrimshaw, Inuit carvings. Frequent temporary exhibitions. Lib+ARC: BA. (RC) Scottish Fisheries Museum * St Ayles, Harbourhead, Anstruther, Fife KY10 3AB, Scotland Phone: (01333) 310628 Computer: rgwp@st-andrews.ac.uk (via Scottish Inst. Maritime Studies) Open: Daily Displays: Model boats & pictures show history of Scottish fishing industry: herring, salmon & whaling, and ancillary trades ashore. Museum is in group of historic buildings around courtyard in which several old fishing boats are preserved. Enlargement planned. (RC) Scottish Maritime Museum * Harbourside, Irvine, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland Write to: Laird Forge Buildings, Gottries Road, Irvine, Ayrshire KA12 8QE Phone: (01294) 278283 Fax: (01294) 313211 Open: Daily, 1 April - 31 Oct Displays: Collection of Scottish maritime artefacts illustrate specialist skills and knowledge. Varying special exhibitions. Restored 1920s shipyard worker's accommodation. Working slipway & engine work- shop. Many historic Scottish vessels, some boardable. ARC-BA (RC) Seiont II Maritime Museum Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales Write to: Capt. E.A. Jones, Y Swillies, Beach Road, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd LL59 5HD, Wales Phone: (01248) 712528 Open: Daily, 24 May - 21 Sept. (confirmation advisable) Displays: The dredger Seiont II. Models & photos illustrate Caernarfon's maritime heritage. Selsey Lifeboat Museum Kingsway, Selsey, Chichester PO20 0DL Write to: c/o 7 Merryfield Drive, Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex PO20 0DN Phone: (01243) 604520 Open: Daily, Easter - Oct Displays: The history of the RNLI and the Selsey Lifeboat Station is shown, with models (incl a radio-controlled scale model of the lifeboat) and videos of rescues. Shetland County Museum * Shetland Museum Sevice, Lower Hillhead, Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0EL Phone: (01595) 695057 Fax: (01595) 696729 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Collection incl. fine models of a sixern & other Shetland fishing boats, shipbuilders' models & tools, wreck artefacts, sailors' personal items and material related to Arctic & Antarctic whaling incl. Eskimo work. Fully restored Ness Yoal "Maggie" & others. RC Shipwreck Heritage Centre * Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3DW Phone: (01424) 437452 Fax: (01424) 437452 Open: Daily, Easter - September or BA for groups Displays: Collection of items from shipwrecks: 150 AD - 19C. Audio-visual show. Several nearby wrecks (17C - 20C) can be visited. (RC) NB The Fishermen's Museum (qv) is nearby. Sir Max Aitken Museum 83 High Street, West Cowes, Isle of Wight Phone: (01983) 295144, 293800 Fax: (01983) 200253 Open: Daily, May - Sept or BA Displays: Sailing memorabilia and paintings. Parts from royal yacht. Skerryvore Museum Hynish, Isle of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland Write to: c/o Hebridean Trust, 75a Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE (Tel: (01865) 311468, fax: (01865) 311593) Phone: (018792) 691 Open: enquire Displays: A small museum whose collection includes some lighthouse items. Smeaton's Tower * The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2NZ Write to: c/o Plymouth Dome, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2NZ Phone: (01752) 600608, 603300, 668000 Fax: (01752) 256361 Open: Daily, from Easter - 31 Oct. Displays: The third lighthouse to have been built (1756-59) on the Eddystone Rock. When the present lighthouse was built (1878-82) the top part of Smeaton's was removed to Plymouth Hoe. South Shields Museum and Art Gallery ** Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne & Wear NE33 2TA Write to: c/o Tyne & Wear Museums, Newcastle Discovery, Blandford Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4JA Phone: (0191) 456 8740 Open: Tue - Sun + BH Mon. Displays: Displays cover a wide range of local history, including the towns maritime, lifeboat and naval associations. See also the HMS Cavalier entry: she is nearby. Southampton Maritime Museum * Wool House, Bugle Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 2AR Write to: City Heritage Services, Civic Centre, Southampton, Hants SO14 7LP Phone: (01703) 223941, 635904, 237584 for archive enqs. Fax: (01703) 339601 Open: Daily, ex Mon & BH Displays: Ship models & paintings recall Southampton's maritime past, of sail & steam, dockyards, ship-building & transatlantic liners. ARC incl photos, harbour & shipbuilders records, ephemera. BA Housed in a 14C warehouse where French PoWs were once held. (RC) Southwold Museum Bartholomew Green, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6HZ Phone: (01502) 722375 (Hon Curator) Open: Afternoons, May - Sept; also Easter w/e + BH Displays: A section in this museum of local history etc is devoted to the Battle of Sole Bay, 1672, in which a Dutch fleet under de Ruyter severely damaged a combined British & French fleet. Lifeboat relics and mementos. Lib BA. Spurn Lightship * Hull Marina, (Old Humber Dock), Castle Street, Hull, Humberside Write to: Monument Buildings, Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Hull HU1 3RA Phone: (01482) 593902 Fax: (01482) 593710 Open: Daily throughout the summer Displays: Steel-hulled manned lightship, built 1927 at Goole, in service until 1975. Length 100 ft, 200 tonnes gr, one 18,000 cp lantern 35 ft above waterline. Crew of 5 - 7. Anchored 4.5 miles off Spurn Point at entrance to River Humber 1927-39, 1946-59. (RC) St Ives Museum * Wheal Dream, St Ives, Cornwall Write to: Mr S. Cock, 14 Richmond Place, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1JN Phone: (01736) 796005 Open: Mon - Sat, occasional Sun, mid May - Oct Displays: Models & mementos of the 1878 -1917 Hain Steamship Co. Photos of Cornish shipwrecks. Clockwork mechanism from Pendeen Lighthouse. St. Katherine's Dock Located north bank of Thames, east of the Tower of London Write to: St. Katherine Haven Ltd., Marine Centre, 50 St Katherine's Way, London E1 9LB Phone: (0171) 4818350, 4882400 Fax: (0171) 7022252 Open: Quaysides always open. Access for boats depends on tide & locks Displays: This marina has the old Nore Lightship and about a dozen historic Thames sailing barges, in addition to modern craft. All vessels are privately owned, including barge Lady Daphne (Rochester 1923) used by Haven's owners for social functions. Sometimes viewable. Stromness Museum * 52 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney Islands KW16 3DF Phone: (01856) 850025 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: The maritime & natural history of Orkney. Ship models, lighthouse models, exhibits on Arctic whaling, boat-building, fishing, Scapa Flow and the German Battlefleet of WW1. Display on Hudson's Bay Company & the explorations of John Rae. Submarine U-475 Long's Wharf, Thames Barrier, Woolwich Road, London SE18 5NL Phone: (0181) 855 7560 Fax: (0181) 854 8090 Open: Daily Displays: Submarine is ex-Soviet Navy, Foxtrot class, 92 metres long. Built 1967, decommissioned 1994. Visitors have access to most of the vessel. Part or all can be hired for private functions. (RC) Sunderland Museum & Art Gallery ** Borough Road, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear SR1 1PP Write to: c/o Tyne & Wear Museums, Newcastle Discovery, Blandford Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4JA Phone: (0191) 565 0723 Fax: (0191) 5650713 Open: Tue -Sun + BH Mon Displays: There are marine paintings & large collection of models of sail, steam and motor vessels, esp builders' models. The museum and gallery houses general collections as well. Educational services. ARC BA. Swansea Maritime and Industrial Museum * Museum Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 1SN, Wales Phone: (01792) 650351, 470371, 653004 Fax: (01792) 654200 Open: Tues - Sun & BH Mon Displays: The maritime material includes ship portraits & other paintings, ship models, mementos of Chilean copper ore trade via Cape Horn, a restored pulling & sail lifeboat, all housed in 1904 warehouse. Tugboat, lightship & other old vessels moored nearby. Lib. (RC) Teignmouth Museum 29 French Street, Teignmouth, Devon TQ14 8ST Phone: (01626) 777041; 773818 - Curator's home Open: Daily Displays: Exhibits include bronze cannon, stone & iron cannon-balls, tools, pottery & other items recovered from offshore 16C Venetian ship- wreck (Spanish Armada?). Displays show local boat-building, the Teignmouth Lifeboat & wrecks, WW1 & WW2 memorabilia. ARC-BA. (RC) Thames Police Museum Wapping Police Station, 98 Wapping High Street, London E1 9NE Phone: (0171) 488 5091/5291 Fax: (0171) 7020933 Open: BA only: apply in writing Displays: Uniforms, equipment & memorabilia of Marine Police Establishment and Metropolitan Police Thames Division. Tolbooth Museum * The Harbour, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland Write to: c/o Peterhead Arbuthnot Museum, St Peter Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 6QD (Grampian) Scotland Phone: (01779) 77778 Open: Daily ex Tues, June - Sept Displays: Displays illustrate history of Stonehaven port and its fishing industry. Housed in 18C former Customs House. Topsham Museum 25 The Strand, Topsham, Exeter, Devon EX3 0AX Phone: (01392) 873244 Open: Summer only, Mon, Wed, Sat; + Sun during Jun - Sept. Displays: Local ship-building and merchant voyages are illustrated as part of the displays in this 17C merchant's house, with a sail loft & estuary gardens. Ship models, tools, anchors, pictures. Town Docks Museum ** Queen Victoria Square, Hull, Humberside HU1 3DX Write to: Monument Buildings, Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Hull HU1 3RA Phone: (01482) 593902 Fax: (01482) 593710 Open: Daily Displays: Paintings, photographs, models of sailing & steam trawlers show importance of N. Sea & deepwater fishing to Hull. Trawlers during WW1 & WW2. Whale skeleton & major scrimshaw coll relate to Hull's part in 17-19C arctic whaling. Hull's docks in world shipping. RC HMS Trincomalee Jackson Dock, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 0SQ Phone: (01429) 223193 Fax: (01429) 864385 Open: Daily Displays: This frigate, built of teak in Bombay in 1817, was for a time in Portsmouth under the name of Foudroyant. Still afloat and now being restored, her gun & lower decks are open for guided tours. History of the ship is displayed in dockside visitor centre. (RC) Trinity House National Lighthouse Centre The Former Buoy Store, Wharf Road, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4BN Write to: c/o Council Offices, St Clare, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 3QW Phone: (01736) 60077 Fax: (01736) 64292 Open: Daily, Apr - Oct Displays: A reconstructed lighthouse room. Models, optical apparatus, fog- horns, engines & other lighthouse artefacts displayed. AV theatre Trinity Maritime Centre 29 Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 3DQ Phone: (0191) 261 4691 Open: Daily, Apr - Oct. Winter: BA Displays: Maritime activity on the Tyne shown by builders' & model-makers' ship models, shipping & quayside equipment, ephemera, navigation instruments. Trinity House uniform. Lifeboat items incl repro of the Grace Darling coble. Housed in 18C warehouse. True's Yard Fishing Heritage Centre True's Yard, North Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1QW Phone: (01553) 770479 Open: Daily Displays: Restored cottages. Video. ARC Tugnet Ice House Tugnet, Spey Bay, Fochabers, Moray IV32 7PJ, Grampian, Scotland Write to: Museums Division, Moray District Council, Falconer Museum, Tolbooth Street, Forres, Moray (Grampian) IV36 0PH, Scotland Phone: (01343) 821644, (01309) 73701 Fax: (01343) 675863 Open: Daily, May - Oct Displays: Displays of commercial salmon fishing, natural history of River Spey, and shipbuilding at Kingston. Housed in large ice depot. AV show & educational groups BA. Tunnel End Canal & Countryside Centre * Waters Road, Marsden, West Yorkshire HD7 6NQ Phone: (01484) 846062 Open: Summer: Tue - Sun + BH Mon. Winter: Tue - Thurs, Sat, Sun, BH. Displays: Displays on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the Colne Valley. Ulster American Folk Park ** Mellon Road, Castletown, Omagh, Co Tyrone BT78 5QY, N. Ireland Phone: (01662) 243292/3 Fax: (01662) 242241 Open: Daily in summer, Mon - Fri in winter Displays: An outdoor museum of emigration history. Replica of a quayside at an Ulster port, with early 19C emigrant ship, forms part of an extensive display of emigrant life in Ulster & North America. Ulster Museum ** Botanic Gardens, Belfast BT9 5AB, Northern Ireland Phone: (01232) 381251/8 Fax: (01232) 665510 Computer: Librarian: Rmcd@belumreg.demon.co.uk Open: Daily Displays: General museum, with important colln of underwater archaeological material recovered from 3 Armada wrecks (1588). Marine paintings, displays on shipbuilding and the sea. The Frigate Unicorn Victoria Dock, Dundee DD1 3JA, Angus, Tayside, Scotland Phone: (01382) 200900 Computer: rgwp@st-andrews.ac.uk (via Scottish Inst. Maritime Studies) Open: Daily, 1 Apr - 31 Oct. Displays: Oldest British-built warship afloat. Launched Chatham 1824, put into reserve & used as training ship. Most of fabric original and still has unusual roof. Guns are lightweight replicas. (RC) Valhalla Museum * Tresco Gardens, Tresco, Isles of Scilly TR24 0QH Write to: c/o National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, London SE10 Phone: (01720) 422849, 422818 Fax: (01720) 422106 Open: Daily, Apr - Oct Displays: Large coll of ships' figureheads & other decorative carvings, mainly salvaged from local shipwrecks, mostly 19C HMS Victory ** H.M. Naval Base (Historic Dockyard) Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3NH Write to: Flagship Portsmouth Trust, Porter's Lodge, College Road, H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ Phone: (01705) 750834; GV: 839766; ship's EO: 819604 Open: Daily Displays: Tours of 40-45 mins: Nelson's Great Cabin (or Hardy's cabin), the Quarterdeck, 3 gun-decks & Orlop, where Nelson died 21 Oct 1805. A few iron cannon with flintlocks; others are lightweight repros. Dry berth. Ongoing restoration. AV for disabled. Educ facils. RC HMS Warrior ** Victory Gate, H.M. Naval Base (Historic Dockyard), Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3QX Phone: (01705) 291379, GV: 839766, premium info line: (0839) 407080 Fax: (01705) 821283 Open: Daily Displays: Innovative 1860 armoured warship: ship rig & single-screw steam power. Rig, decks & engine room all now restored. Main armament: Armstrong 110 pdr (7 inch) rifled BLs, 68 pdr (8.2 inch) SB MLs. Restored at Hartlepool 1979-87. Educ & Spec Interest GVs BA. (RC) Watchet Market House Museum * Market Steet, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0AN Write to: c/o M.V. Sully, Secretary, 7 Periton Court, Parkhouse Road, Minehead, Somerset TA24 8AE. (Tel: (01643) 707132) Phone: (01984) 631345, Open: Daily during Easter weekend & mid-May to Sept. Displays: A small general museum with some model ships, paintings & photos to illustrate maritime history of the harbour & nautical trade. Waterfront Museum * Oakley's Mill, Paradise Street, The Quay, Poole, Dorset Write to: Borough of Poole Museum Service, 4 High Street, Poole BH15 1BW Phone: (01202) 683138, 661001 for Education answerphone Fax: (01202) 660896 Open: Daily Displays: On 4 floors of 18C mill are displays on the maritime history of Poole & its port: fishing, smuggling, boatbuilding, sailmaking, Newfoundland trade. Underwater archaeology: iron age log boat & Spanish wreck. Art includes ship portraits. AV shows. ARC-BA (RC) Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum * Bute Street, Butetown Dockland, Cardiff CF1 6AN, Wales Phone: (01222) 481919 Fax: (01222) 487252 Open: Tues - Sun. Displays: A varying display, usually with material related to Welsh marine heritage. From models & small artefacts to real vessels. ARC & Research Library. (RC) Whitby Museum * Pannett Park, Whitby, North Yorkshire TO21 1RE Phone: (01947) 602908 Open: Daily Displays: Shipping Wing displays many sailor-made & builders' ship models; also Napoleonic PoW bone models. A gallery devoted to Capt. Cook & to the Scoresbys: exploration & arctic whaling, with pictures, maps, documents, ship models & ethnographic material. ARC-BA (RC) Whitehaven Museum & Art Gallery * Civic Halls. Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria CA28 7SH Phone: (01946) 592302 Fax: (01946) 693373 Open: Enquire: due to move in 1995. Displays: Among the displays of general local history are ship models and displays illustrating ship-building. Marine paintings & other maritime items. Frequent temporary exhibitions. Whitstable Museum & Gallery * Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1DB Phone: (01227) 276998 Open: Mon, Tue, Thu - Sat Displays: Good coll of maritime art. Displays show local seafaring: oyster fisheries, early diving. Special temporary exhibitions vary. Wick Heritage Centre 19/27 Bank Row, Wick, Caithness KW1 5EY, Scotland Write to: c/o 20 Bank Row, Wick, Caithness KW1 5EY, Scotland Phone: (01955) 5393 Open: Mon - Sat Displays: Exhibition on the life of the fishermen of Wick and history of the local fishing industry. Windermere Steamboat Museum * Rayrigg Road, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1BN Phone: (015394) 45565 Fax: (015394) 45847 Open: Daily, Easter - October Displays: A fine collection of historic powered boats, some salvaged from sunken wrecks and restored to working order. Steam launch "Dolly" (c1850) is oldest powered boat. Many other early steam launches, motor boats, rowing & sailing boats. Trips on lake. ARC-BA (RC) Zetland Lifeboat Museum * 5 King Street, Redcar, Cleveland TS10 3PF Phone: (01642) 484402, 494311, 471813 Open: Daily, May - Sept. Displays: An RNLI museum, housing the "Zetland", built 1802 and the oldest known lifeboat. Other RNLI material on display, plus pictures of old Redcar, fishing equipment and reconstruction of a fisherman's cottage. Collection of model vessels. In 1877 lifeboat house. ============================================================================= Part 2: Named vessels and where they are located. Adeus Amigo; River Tagus gaff cutter; 1971 Exeter Maritime Museum Alarm; 14 ft class racing dinghy; 1929 Exeter Maritime Museum Aleida; canal tug; 1930 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Alexandra; canal maintenance; 1882 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Amaryllis; canal pleasure boat; 1954 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Anne; clinker-built double-ended fishing 'scaffie' Exeter Maritime Museum Anser; Duck Punt Windermere Steamboat Museum Antares; wooden-hulled 55 ft trawler; 1965 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Apache; offshore powerboat National Motor Boat Museum, Basildon Argonaut; Hastings beach punt fishing boat; 1976 Exeter Maritime Museum Aries; canal narrowboat; 1935 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Aspull; wooden ice-breaker canal boat; c. 1900 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port ASR-10; WW2 air-sea rescue barge; c1941 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Bacup; steel barge; 1950 (?) The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Banshee; Whammel boat; c1890 The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness Bantam II; canal tug; 1956 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Basuto; Clyde Puffer; 1902 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Bat; steam launch; 1891 Windermere Steamboat Museum Bedford; double-ended pulling lifeboat; 1886 Exeter Maritime Museum Beeston; canal tug; 1946 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Bertha; Brunel's drag-boat; 1844 (world's oldest steam boat?) Exeter Maritime Museum Bigmere; steel barge; 1948 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Birchills; canal tug; 1957 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Blossom; NE coast fishing mule (hybrid coble); 1887; Tyne & Wear Museums Service, c/o Newcastle Discovery; in store Boys Own; Northumberland fishing coble; 1933 Exeter Maritime Museum Branksome; Windermere lake steam launch; 1896 Windermere Steamboat Museum Britannia II; ocean rower; 1970 Exeter Maritime Museum Britannia; ocean rower; 1968 Exeter Maritime Museum Brunette; a William Fife bermuda rig yacht; 1895 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Calshot; tug tender; 1930 Southampton Maritime Museum Cambria; Thames spritsail barge; 1906; Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum, Sittingbourne Canfly; Bowness mahogany-hulled speedboat; 1922 Windermere Steamboat Museum Canning; steam-powered tug; 1954 Swansea Maritime and Industrial Museum Carola; Scottish-built steam yacht; 1898 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine; available for charter. Cathead; wooden barge The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Cedar; wooden barge; c. 1900 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Centaur; canal narrowboat; c. 1890 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Cervia; steam tug; 1946 East Kent Maritime Museum, Ramsgate Chiltern; canal narrowboat; 1946 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port CMB 103; post WW1 Coastal Motor Boat (MTB/Minelayer); 1921 The Historic Dockyard, Chatham (on loan from IWM.) Cookie; hydroplane racing boat; 1962 Windermere Steamboat Museum Cuddington; steel boat; 1948 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Cutty Sark; composite 3-masted clipper ship; 1869 (MT) Clipper Ship Cutty Sark, Greenwich Cygnet; swan-prowed row-boat; 1881 Exeter Maritime Museum Daniel Adamson; Iron towing boat; 1903 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Dawn; Windermere 17 ft class bermuda rig yacht; 1934 Windermere Steamboat Museum Discovery, RRS; wooden barque for polar exploration; 1901 Discovery Point, Dundee Dolly; Lake Windermere steam launch; c1850 (World's oldest?) Windermere Steamboat Museum Donola; Steam Yacht; 1893 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Edmund Gardner; pilot cutter; 1953 Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Eliza; Azores double-ended whaleboat Exeter Maritime Museum Elswick No.2; Tyne Wherry; 1930s; Tyne & Wear Museums Service, c/o Newcastle Discovery; in store Emily Barratt; wooden topsail schooner; 1914 The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness Enterprise; lute-stern clinker-built sailing lugger; 1909 Fishermen's Museum, Hastings Esperance; TS steam launch; 1869 Windermere Steamboat Museum Esther; fishing smack; 19C National Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby Excelsior; sailing trawler Excelsior Sailing Trust, Lowestoft. Tel: (01502) 85302 Finnagain; ocean rower Exeter Maritime Museum Fiona; Jersey fishing boat; 1880s The Jersey Museum, Channel Islands Flying Buzzard; Clyde Shipping Co. steam tug; c1950 Maryport Maritime Museum Freda & Norah; fishing smack; early 20C National Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby Friendship; canal narrowboat; 1925 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Garlandstone; ketch Morwellham Quay Open Air Museum Garnock; Irvine Harbour Co. tugboat; 1956 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine George; wooden barge; 1910 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Gifford; canal narrowboat; 1926 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Gipsy Moth IV; Chichester's circumnavigation of globe yacht; 1966 King William Walk, Greenwich, London. (owner: The Maritime Trust) Glenlee; Clyde-built 3 masted steel barque; 1896; (not open yet?) at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow, for restoration. (Tel: 0141 339 0631) Grace Darling; pulling coble; pre-1830? Grace Darling Museum, Bamburgh, Northumberland Great Britain, ss; Brunel's iron screw-ship; 1843 Great Britain, Bristol Hannah; River Lune whammel boat; c.1910 Lancaster Maritime Museum Herbert Leigh; Watson class Lifeboat; 1950 The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness HMS Alliance; A-class submarine; 1947 Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport HMS Belfast; 10,500 ton Edinburgh Class WW2 cruiser; 1938-39 Belfast (HMS), London HMS Cavalier; Class C Destroyer; 1944 Hebburn, South Tyneside HMS Expunger/XE8; midget submarine; 1945 The Historic Dockyard, Chatham (on loan from IWM) HMS Foudroyant - see HMS Trincomalee Jackson Dock, Hartlepool HMS Gannet; composite-hulled Naval sloop, sail & steam; 1878 The Historic Dockyard, Chatham. Under restoration. HMS Ocelot; 'O' class submarine; 1964 The Historic Dockyard, Chatham HMS Onyx; Oberon class submarine; 1966 Historic Warships at Birkenhead HMS Plymouth; Rothesay class frigate; 1959 Historic Warships at Birkenhead HMS Stickleback/X51; midget submarine; 1954 Duxford Airfield (IWM), Cambridgeshire HMS Trincomalee; Frigate (5th Rate); 1817 Jackson Dock, Hartlepool HMS Unicorn; 5th Rate 46 gun frigate; 1824 The Frigate Unicorn, Dundee HMS Victory; 1st Rate 104 gun Ship of the Line; 1765 rebuilt 1801 Victory (HMS), H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth HMS Warrior; iron-hulled armoured steam frigate; 1860 Warrior (HMS), H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth, Holland I; earliest RN submarine; 1901-5 Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport HSL(S) 386; Harbour Service Launch; 1944; under restoration The Historic Dockyard, Chatham (on loan from IWM) In Finnegan's Wake; transatlantic rower Exeter Maritime Museum Iverna; Medway fishing vessel; 1893 The Historic Dockyard, Chatham Jane; Chris Craft mahogany-hulled speedboat; 1938 Windermere Steamboat Museum John & Mary Meiklam of Gladswood; motor lifeboat; Yarmouth, Tel: (01493) 601893. Under restoration. John & Naomi Beattie; pulling & sailing lifeboat; 1906 Swansea Maritime and Industrial Museum John King; motor tug; 1935; under restoration Bristol Industrial Museum & Maritime Heritage Centre Katie; Scottish Zulu Skiff fishing vessel; 1938/39 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Kerne; steel tug boat; 1913 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Keying II; Hong Kong fishing junk; 1980 Exeter Maritime Museum Kingswear Castle; coal-burning side-paddle pleasure steamer; 1924 The Historic Dockyard, Chatham; (vessel still used for trips) Kittiwake; steam launch; 1898 Windermere Steamboat Museum Klondyke; HM Customs gig; 1872 Isles of Scilly Museum Association Kyles; steam, conv to diesel, coaster; 1872 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine L.V.91, "The Helwick"; light vessel; 1937 Swansea Maritime and Industrial Museum Lady Daphne; Thames sprit/gaff-rig barge; 1923. (Privately Owned) St. Katherine Haven Ltd., London (0171) 481 8350; Hire available. Lady Elizabeth; steam launch; 1895 Windermere Steamboat Museum Lady Hamilton; motor launch; 1929 Windermere Steamboat Museum Lightning; 14 ft class racing dinghy; 1933 Exeter Maritime Museum Little Bela; hydroplane motorboat; 1928 National Motor Boat Museum, Basildon Lively Lady; auxiliary yawl, sailed by Sir Alec Rose; 1948 on loan to Portsmouth museums (owner: The Maritime Trust) Lydia Eva; east coast steam herring drifter; 1930 c/o Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Trust, Tel: 01502 677602 Macandi; Seine-Netter; 20C National Fishing Heritage Center, Grimsby Maggie; Ness Yoal - a Shetland sail-and-oared fishing boat Shetland Museum, Lerwick Manana; 17 ft gaff-rig sailboat; c1900 Windermere Steamboat Museum Manchester; canal tug; 1874 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Marbury; wooden ice-breaker canal boat; c. 1900 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Marlyn; canal maintenance The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Marsden; Iron ice boat The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Mary Anne; ferry boat for goods & livestock; c1870 Windermere Steamboat Museum The Mary Rose; Henry VIII's warship; c1509-1545 The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth Mayflower; steam tug; 1861 Bristol Industrial Museum & Maritime Heritage Centre Mendip; canal narrowboat; 1948 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Merak; canal narrowboat; 1936 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Merope; canal narrowboat; 1936 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Mincarlo; side trawler; 1962 c/o Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Trust, Tel: 01502 677602 Miss Britain IV; powerboat National Motor Boat Museum, Basildon Miss Britain; motorboat National Motor Boat Museum, Basildon Miss Windermere IV; mahogany hulled hydroplane speedboat; 1958 Windermere Steamboat Museum Mossdale; wooden barge; 1875-76 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Nance; Morecambe Bay prawner; 1914 The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness (indoors, in frame) Nimrod; kayak; c1969 Exeter Maritime Museum North Carr Lightship; light-vessel; Anstruther. Tel: (01333) 310589, (01831) 621510 Osprey; teak hulled steam launch; 1902 Windermere Steamboat Museum Otto; steel hulled steam launch, triple expansion engine; 1896 Windermere Steamboat Museum Peggy; clinker-built schooner yacht; c.1789 The Nautical Museum, Castletown, I o M Peggy; Sunderland foyman's coble; 1890; Tyne & Wear Museums Service, c/o Newcastle Discovery; in store Pelican; canal maintenance crane; 1956 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Penelope II; motor launch; 1930 Windermere Steamboat Museum Perseverance; canal dredger; 1934 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Phoebe; canal narrowboat; The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Pinnace 1262; general-service RAF pinnace; 1942 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Puffin; ocean rower; 1970 Exeter Maritime Museum Pyewacket; twin-engined day boat; 1960 Windermere Steamboat Museum Pyronaut; fire-boat; 1934 Bristol Industrial Museum & Maritime Heritage Centre Raae; motor launch; 1938 Windermere Steamboat Museum Raven; steam cargo vessel; 1871 Windermere Steamboat Museum Reliant; Steam paddle tug; 1907 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich The Rifle; remains of a small iron steamer; c1861 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Ross Tiger: sidewinder trawler; 1950s National Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby Sarah Abbott; steel barge; 1948 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Scorpio; wooden barge; c. 1890 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Seamew; motor launch, clinker built; c1908 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Seamew; sailing coble; c1900 Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum, Redcar Seiont II; steam dredger; 1937 Seiont II Maritime Museum, Caernarfon Shad; canal narrowboat; 1936 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Shamrock; wooden Tamar sailing barge; 1899 Cotehele Quay Museum, Saltash Shun Lee; Hong Kong sampan; 1973 Exeter Maritime Museum Sir William Priestley; Morecambe fishermen's lifeboat; 1934 Lancaster Maritime Museum Solitaire; rowing skiff; 1908 Exeter Maritime Museum Sotero; River Tagus gaff-rig lighter; c.1950 Exeter Maritime Museum Spartan; ex-Admiralty Victualling Inshore Craft, #18; 1942 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Speedwell; wooden barge; 1925 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Spurn Light Vessel; 1927 Spurn Lightship, Hull Marina St. Canute/St. Knud; steam harbour tug-boat; 1931 Exeter Maritime Museum St. Cybi; self-righting 52 ft Barnett Class lifeboat; 1950 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Stratford; iron ice-breaker canal boat The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Sundowner; Admiralty launch, used at Dunkirk; 1912 East Kent Maritime Museum, Ramsgate Sunny South; gaff cutter fishing boat; 1904 Exeter Maritime Museum Surfury; offshore powerboat National Motor Boat Museum, Basildon Swallow; teak hulled steam launch; 1911 Windermere Steamboat Museum Swan; Scottish Fifie herring lugger; 1900 The Swan Trust, 18 Alexandra Buildings, Lerwick, Shetland T.G.B.; Watson Class 47 ft lifeboat; 1962 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Thomas Kirk Wright; ex-Poole lifeboat; 1938-62 Old Lifeboat House: see RNLI HQ, Poole. Trident; offshore powerboat National Motor Boat Museum, Basildon Turbinia; C A Parsons' experimental steam turbine launch; 1894 Newcastle Discovery, in storage; BA only at present Tyne/Calshot Spirit; Lightship; 1880s Royal Northumberland Yacht Club; Blyth Uncle Sam; clinker-built "Dispro" motor boat; 1924 Windermere Steamboat Museum U-475; Foxtrot class submarine; USSR, 1967 Submarine U-475, Woolwich, London Vagrant; late Victorian small racing yacht; 1884 Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Vanessa; fishing smack; 1899 East Kent Maritime Museum, Ramsgate Viking; double-ended pilot boat; 1908 Historic Ships Centre, Hartlepool Volente; double-ended fishing boat; c1948 Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum, Redcar Wappenshall; iron ice boat The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Water Viper; steam launch; 1907 Windermere Steamboat Museum Waterlily; Steam Launch; 1866 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Wayfarer; Chris Craft cabin cruiser; 1935 Windermere Steamboat Museum White Rose; gaff cutter yacht; 1897 The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness Willdora; Zulu type fishing boat; 1901 St Peter's Basin, River Tyne Wingfield Castle; Paddlesteamer; 1934 Historic Ships Centre, Hartlepool Worcester; canal tug; 1908 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port Zetland: world's oldest surviving lifeboat; 1802 Zetland RNLI Lifeboat Museum End of list of UK Naval & Maritime Museums and Historic Ships. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Martin H Evans mhe1000@cus.cam.ac.uk Dr Janet West jw129@cus.cam.ac.uk 111 High Street, Linton, Cambridgeshire CB1 6JT, UK. 11-Sep-95 ======================================================================= Press RETURN to finish