Royal Mail is now accepting advance orders for its latest commemorative sheet which marks the 60th anniversary of HM Yacht Britannia's launch by HM The Queen on 16 April 1953. This striking…

On this day in 1938, the Prime Minister's wife Anne Chamberlain launched Britain's biggest historic ship, HMS Belfast, in the Harland & Wolff shipyard. Commissioned on the eve of WWII, Belfast’s…

Residents of a Norfolk village have rallied round to save their former Victorian lifeboat from destruction on a Welsh beach. The 35ft Edward Birkbeck was built in 1896 as an…

East Anglia is home to a wonderful selection of classic sailing and power boats. As part of my plan for this section of the website I intend to highlight some…

It gives me great pleasure to see that the 40ft motor cruiser Betsie Jane has made it on to the short list for the powerboat category within this year's  Classic Boat…

Welcome to my new website. I would like to begin the news section by thanking Michael Lavocah for all of his hard work during the construction of this website. I am extremely…