The past weekend has seen the return of the tall ships to Liverpool and, as was the case 10 years ago, these unique vessels have attracted thousands of visitors and made for a really unique bank holiday weekend. It was a real carnival atmosphere down at the docks and it was a great testament to the strong maritime culture of…
Amazing artwork currently at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral until Thursday 31st May. Artist Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon fuses lunar imaginary, moonlight and surround soundscape and has been programmed to tie in with the Three Festivals Tall Ships Regatta and the ever changing tides.
Two 3rd Generation ACL (Atlantic Container Line) vessels passing in Seaforth Dock. These vessels have been superseded by the 4th Generation vessels which are slightly longer (296m v 292m), rather fatter (38.4m beam v 32.3m) and can carry 3,800 teu vs 2900 teu. The new vessels began servicing Liverpool in 2016 and all five vessels are now in operation. Atlantic…
A great turn out part from the council allowing a fairground to be constructed 3 metres away from the Merchant Navy Memorial.
Footage from Armed Forces Day in Liverpool, filmed on 24th June 2017.
This was before you’d get a certificate for learning how to climb a ladder. it was bombed in WW2 in 1941 and later restored to its original condition.
Merseyside Museum commemorates Suez Canal anniversary Merseyside Maritime Museum is looking for former seafarers who were on a stranded ship on the Suez Canal between June 1967 and June 1975 to attend a special 50th anniversary reunion at Merseyside Maritime Museum on Thursday 1 June. 14 merchant ships were stranded in the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal…
Here’s some footage from 2011 filmed in the Albert Dock for the Mapping & Memory project we were working on at the time. This is footage that wasn’t used in the project, but worth sharing. Sadly, Bill and Dave are no longer with us.
Thursday 28th Jan was the day for the reunion of ex Radio Officers, which is held annually on the Bar Light Ship with a lovely spread put together by the Light Ship crew. Lot’s of memories and stories were shared, not all in morse code.
A few tales from Eddie from the new memoir he’s just written ‘Ocean Nomad’, covering his 53 years at sea.
A tale of giant anacondas in the Gulf of Mexico following a hurricane in 2002.
Stan McNally takes a tour of the Liverpool Lightship.