Meeting Report January 2008
Our January meeting was held on Monday 7th. During any other business Robin Butcher thanked the members for their generous donations and purchases in aid of the RNLI during 2007. There was also some discussion on the local WW2 MTBs & MGBs that were built and subsequently either bought for further use or abandoned. This interest was generated by our contact with Shaun Morgan who is proposing to collect information and add a MTB section to his web site. It is hoped we can share information and keep our friends in the WSS Small Boats section involved.
As always, January is a members evening, and we were pleased to hear some further information and slides from Ian Wells who�s interest is in bulk carriers visiting Tilbury. Ian described visits to OLUJA, XANADU, GREGOS, VITATRADER and CHIOS GEM, and retold some stories from the captain and crew.
After the break Tony Hogwood showed slides of a trip to Norway on the PPINCESS of NORWAY and showed ships in Newcastle, Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen. These included warships, ORSVs, tugs and coasters. Notable were the passenger cargo SANDNES of 1950, the OCEAN NOVA an expedition ship on a voyage to Greenland, and Color Line�s PRINCESS RAGNHILD. Tony also showed slides of a visit to the New Waterway. These included Bibby Line�s general cargo ship HERTFORDSHIRE, Carnival Cruise Line�s ARTEMIS (ex ROYAL PRINCESS), STENA BRITANICA, and BP Tanker�s BORDER TARTAN.
Our evening was curtailed by a slide jam in the projector. However, we thank both Ian and Tony for a splendid evenings entertainment.
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