Who we are
The Advisory Committee:
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Dr Robert Prescott (Chairman) Formerly director of the Scottish Institute of Maritime Studies, University of St Andrews. He is Vice-President of the Scottish Fisheries Museum and an active crew member of the Fifie Reaper. |
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Roger Hanbury Roger is the first chief executive of the Waterways Trust which works to enrich Peoples Lives thorugh Waterways. The trust has enabled over £40m of investment in waterways regeneration and raises £2m pa for waterways projects. The Trust operates three museums is responsible for the waterways museums at Ellesmere Port, Gloucester Docks and Stoke Bruerne which hold the Designated national inland waterways collection including a substantial collection of historic inland vessels, and the water archive. Previously with British Waterways, Roger held a variety of posts, most recently as their chief environmental scientist. |
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Mike Lewis Mike Lewis is currently Museums & Heritage Officer with Newport City Council and manages the City Centre Museum and Art Gallery, Tredegar House and the Newport Medieval Ship Project. Prior to moving to Newport in 2003, Mike worked in Swansea for 18 years and latterly managed the Maritime and Industrial Musuem. In this role, Mike managed the floating collection including National Historic Fleet Light Vessel 91 and the Pilot Cutter Olga. Mike was responsible for two majors refits for Olga which saw her return to sailing condition. Mike was involved in the concept developement team for the new Swansea Waterfromt Museum, a partnership project between the City Council of Swansea and the National Museum of Wales. |
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John Kearon Master Shipwright, ship and boat conservator. Formerly head of Maritime, Industrial & Transport Technology Conservation at the National Museums Liverpool. Merchant Navy service with both Royal mail and Shaw Savill Lines. |
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Dr Campbell McMurray OBE Formerly director of the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, and the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth. Since 2008, a member of the Board of the ss Great Britain Trust. |
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Sean Neeson (co-opted) Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Northern Ireland. An elected member of the Northern Ireland Assembly and member of the Nomadic Charitable Trust. |
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emigrant ship:
passenger vessel equipped to carry a large number of emigrants usually with large third class decks and plenty of cargo space
