~SHIPS~DORSET~ EVENT EXTRACTS
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Many of our speakers and the talks we've enjoyed are repeatable and available to other organisations - just ask us ...
To view the extract / excerpt / clip ... click the relevant link ...
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EXTRACT OF A RECENT EVENTS ...
FAREWELL TO MARCO POLO ... If you missed David Trevor-Jones' April 2025 talk - join David as he takes a farewell tour of a much loved ship - a last look around before her final UK departure ...
... PLEASE NOTE ... lots of sound issues for the first 20 minutes ... our fault - not David's ... please bear with it!
FALMOUTH THROUGH THE YEARS ... If you missed Krispen Atkinson's February 2025 talk - here he is taking a ship enthusiast's tour of Falmouth and its environs ... some events from history, tugs, dry-docks and lots of ships! ...
... PLEASE NOTE ... the start is hesitant and may take 30-40 seconds ... our fault - not Krispen's ... please bear with it!
A FAREWELL TO BRETAGNE ... If you missed David Trevor-Jones' look at the Brittany Ferries ship as she completed a career of more than three decades ... this is the link for you. The talk was first presented January 2025.
PRIDE OF BILBAO ... If you missed Paul Dallaway's January 2025 talk reviewing the ship on which he spent many enjoyable years as a senior crew member this is the link for you ...
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/C0M2D3eFktLDPQDj1TA17JqusqxRvlQtNdCLrVbd08xF3haQPrIuvY4BWmS0621z.3KA7GMPHjsTjkhNS
... PLEASE NOTE ... the start and finish may be a bit messy ... there may be a short period of echo / repeated ... our fault - not Pauls ... please bear with it!
DORSET OFFSHORE 2023 ... If you missed Steve Pink's look at the varied shipping visiting Poole, Portland & Weymouth Bay during another busy year along the Dorset coast first presented January 2025 here is the link for you ... ferries, cruise ships, naval vessels, tankers, general cargo ... even a cable ship and a paddle steamer!
OPERATION PEDESTAL - 1942 MALTA CONVOY ... If you missed David Parsons' excellent talk demonstrating the vital role this convoy played in the outcome of WW2 at our December 2024 meeting this is the link for you ...
... PLEASE NOTE ... the start and finish of the extract may be a bit messy ... our fault - not Davids ... please bear with it!
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AND EXTRACTS OF OTHER PAST EVENTS ...
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UNION-CASTLE PURSERETTE ... Ann Haynes tells us about her talk presented to WSS Dorset in 2021. Her introduction refers to her very first sea-going assignment aboard Transvaal Castle ...
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CABLE SHIPS AND THE INTERNET ... An overview of Barry Peck's interesting 2021 presentation to WSS Dorset.