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NEWS AND EVENTS

Check out the latest news and events from historic vessels and Shipshape Network projects around the country.
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News

Railway 200 Week - Royal Museums Greenwich

Image - The Proposed Gravesend Rail Road. As it would appear in Greenwich Park from the Observatory Hill.

Railway 200 Week - Donaghadee Harbour

Image - Donaghadee in 1932, as represented by the Ordnance Survey. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

The Golden Hinde celebrates 30 years in Southwark dock

'Pearl of Bankside' celebrates with year-long events programme

Railway 200 Week - The Historic Dockyard, Chatham

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100 day appeal launched to save tall ship Kathleen & May

125-year old coastal schooner needs urgent stabilising if she is to be restored to sail

Shieldhall marks her 70th anniversary with a Waverley rendezvous

Two Clyde-built steamships steamed together on the Solent

Events

Guided walks of Bristol's Floating Harbour

First Tuesday of each month, M Shed, Bristol.

Maldon & Heybridge Heritage Harbour Autumn Talk: 'Dunkirk Heroes: The story of two barges'

Tuesday 7 October, St Mary's Church, Maldon.

Taster Days at the Boat Building Academy

10 October 2025, 7 March + 7 August + 9 October 2026, Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis

Ellesmere Yard Heritage Tours are back for the summer

12 October, Ellesmere Boat Yard, Cheshire

Course: Traditional Rope Making Workshops

18 + 19 October, Abbey Boatbuilder, Reedham, Norfolk

UK Maritime Heritage Forum 2025

20-21 October 2025, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.