BOA 80
Fantastic 80th Anniversary events in Liverpool last weekend. James O’Hanlon captured the spirit of the weekend with these two fantastic videos.
Events
Frank Walker – Part One
A MARINERS` PARK RESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WAS A EUROPEAN CONFLICT DEVELOPING INTO A WORLD WAR!! A talk by Captain Peter Thomson
Johnny Walker Memorial – Liverpool 2022
Armistice Day 2021
Footage from the Pier Head today.
Johnny Walker Memorial 2021
Footage from the service at the Pier Head held on Friday 9th July 2021.
Merchant Navy Memorial, Act of Remembrance, Liverpool 2020
A small gathering took place at the Merchant Navy Memorial, in Liverpool’s Pier Head for an Act of Remembrance. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions only a small party was able to attend. The service was led by the Rector of Liverpool Parish Church, Rev Crispin Pailing, also in attendance was Rev Fergus Butler-Gallie, Capt Feltham (MN), 2 standard bearers and…
Merchant Navy Day 2019
Footage from today’s service at the Pier Head – the weather held out for us.
SEAPOWER CONFERENCE – May 2019
This four-day event sponsored by the Royal United Services defence and security arm – a military think-tank – started on May 15 and was attended by the usual top brass of admirals and captains, the aim of which was to ‘test whether apparent change in naval national strategy is by default or design.’ (1)Quite a mouthful, but a statement I understood referred to is whether…
Armistice Day 2018
Filmed at the Pier Head, Liverpool on Sunday 11th November 2018.
MV Derbyshire
Today saw the dedication of memorial garden and sculpture at St Nick’s church. Launched in 1975, on 9 September 1980, Derbyshire was overwhelmed by a tropical storm killing all aboard. Derbyshire never issued a Mayday distress message. The wreck of the Derbyshire was discovered in 1994. Find out more from here. You can see the full unveiling ceremony filmed by…
Captain Roy Kerr of Tall Ship La Malouine
We were lucky enough to be able to do a short interview with Capatin Roy Kerr who was in Liverpool as part of the Three Festivals Tall Ships Regatta over the weekend. Roy is certainly living the dream as Captain of La Malouine and particularly enjoys working with the different crew that join him along the way. La Malouine was…
Tall Ships Festival & Cunard Exhibition
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…