Features include:
A brief history of the London County Council paddle ferry fleet of 1905.
The maiden voyage of the sailing ship DERWENT to Australia in 1884/5 as described by Chelmsford (Essex, UK) resident, Midshipman Francis Bigg Copland, in his diary.
The voyage of HMS PERSEUS to the East Indies Station (Middle East) in 1901-3 as described by A Barker in his diary.
THE ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION 2020 RESULTS
The overall winner this year was Ray Smith  Secretary, David Brown (left) presents the "Colin Viney Trophy" to this year's winner Ray Smith, Photo courtesy of John V Nicholls
The highest scoring images (both scoring 66 points) at the 2020 Photographic competition held in February 2020 were taken by Ray Smith
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A TALE OF TWO TID's
Long time resident of Maldon's riverside, the TID tug BRENT (ex TID 159), is joined by TID 172 which arrived last year for maintenence in the dry dock. Work completed she will soon move to the River Medway.
(TID 172 is still lying alongside BRENT 29/12/2019)
PLEASE NOTE: The BRENT will be the subject of our meeting on April 6th 2020
Mid-Essex Slide Shows Available NOW from Roy Cressey at WSS Photo Library (contact details are published in January Marine News)
Ian Wells photos from his time in the London Docks have been assembled into a series of Powerpoint presentations which are available now from the Mid-Essex Branch . LONDON DOCKS 1972 Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 (Ian Wells SHOWS 19 and 20 and 21) are now completed as PowerPoint presentations. Many of the photos have never been shown before. Ian has also researched each vessel and supply's the commentary. The first had its début at Mid-Essex branch in November 2016, the second in March 2017. Part 3 was shown in October 2017 at Ingatestone. Ian would initially like to accompany these shows to local branches before putting them on "general release". Contact Ian Wells or the branch to reserve these shows. .
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