Projects

HMS Venerable 1804

  • August 13, 2024

HMS Venerable was launched at Perry’s yard in Blackwall on 19th April 1784. It took approximately 4000 mature oak trees to build her over a two year period at a cost of approximately £3800. She...

Tea Clipper Gossamer 1868

  • August 13, 2024

The picture above right is of the ‘Sovereign of the Seas’. This was very similar to the ‘Gossamer’, being built as a composite with wood and steel in the mid 1800’s. The Gossamer was a China Tea...

SS Aurania

  • August 12, 2024

SS Aurania (pictured above) was an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line. She was built in 1916 at Wallsend and measured 13,936 gross tons. She was propelled by two steam engines powered from four...

Salcombe Cannon Site

  • August 12, 2024

This is a protected wreck site off West Prawle, Devon in position 50 12 41.76N 03 44 40.74W There is a 300m exclusion zone This site at Salcombe contains the remains of a 17th century armed trading...