Autumn 2007 £1:00 Shieldhall Matters · Treasurer John Everett [email protected] Tel: 023 8045 3133 Legal Advisor David Morgan Tel: 020 7222 7040 Supt Engineer John

Autumn 2007 £1:00

Shieldhall Matters

Journal of The Solent Steam Packet Ltd:

Registered address: 11, Avonborne Way, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire. SO53 1TF

Website: www.ss-shieldhall .co.uk

Useful ContactsCommittee Member

Email and Phone Address

Chairman Barry Eagles

[email protected]: 023 8025 2152

11, Avonborne Way, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire SO53 1TF

Secretary Jan Glasscock

[email protected]: 01252 629283mob: 07976412351

“Tregenna”, 9, Priory Close, Fleet, Hampshire. GU51 4ED

Treasurer John Everett

[email protected]: 023 8045 3133

Legal Advisor

David Morgan

Tel: 020 7222 7040

Supt Engineer

John Milne

[email protected]: 01725 512240

Membership Secretary

Jill Tulip [email protected]

15, Foxhayes Lane, Blackfield, Hampshire.SO45 1XX

Other ContactsPublic Bookings and Credit Card Bookings

Blue Funnel CruisesTel: 023 8022 3278

Members Bookings Richard Walker. Email [email protected]: 023 8026 7239

Charter Bookings Graham MackenzieEmail [email protected]; 07751 603 190

Catering and Functions Ann ShoreyMob: 07900 696 746

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ContentsUseful Contacts ........................................................................................................................... 2 Contents ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Editorial ...................................................................................................................................... 3 View from the Bridge ................................................................................................................. 4 Notice of the Half Yearly Meeting 2007 ................................................................................... 6 Whispers from the Engine room ................................................................................................. 7 ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Gift Aid ...................................................................................................................................... 7 ................................................................................................................................................... 7 ‘Lucky Ticket’ Draw Update ...................................................................................................... 8 2007 Excursion Programme ..................................................................................................... 12 Heritage Lottery Fund Projects Update. ................................................................................... 13 Christmas Shopping. ................................................................................................................ 14 New Members. .......................................................................................................................... 16 Shieldhall Supporters ................................................................................................................ 17 Back Page ................................................................................................................................. 19

Editorial

Members will notice that we now have a different Editor. I have taken on this role for a 12month period, as Andrew has had some pressing personal commitments and has also moved house. One of life’s most stressful events, we are told.

I apologise in advance for poor literary style, but my aim is to make the newsletter interesting to one and all. I would like to encourage other members to provide me with some input and I would like to be in the enviable position of having a bank of articles to use in future editions. Pictures and photographs will be gratefully received, handled carefully and returned to the owner.

Do you have a story to tell? Have you been to other events or ships that our members would like to hear about? Why not drop me a line and include any photographs. You can make contact via email, or to my home address: 54, Old Kennels Lane, Olivers Battery, Winchester, Hampshire. SO22 4JS.

Our summer season is over now, but we still have some December sailings to come. Why not spend a few hours with us in the lead up to Christmas. You know it makes sense.

Note to contributors: Copy date for the Winter edition is the 31st December 2007 and my aim is to get to press by the end of January to enable members to reserve places for our 2008 Excursion programme.

Steam on,

Graham Temporary Editor


View from the BridgeChairman’s Column

I have mentioned many times in past Chairmans’s reports that the three biggest problems facing Shieldhall’s future are rising costs. These being fuel and insurance, and legislation. The cost of fuel as we know to our motoring cost is rising fast, in these days of litigation, insurance goes up every year. We have no control over these rising costs unfortunately. Legislation is tightening up all the time, and we must keep on top of this. When the powers to be say jump, we must answer how high. That is the reason why we have exercises with the Coastguards, to help us keep ahead of the game. Our Training Officer Mike Davis has put a lot of time into scenarios such as evacuating the ship in an orderly manner. We have a Safety committee, who report to the ECM. The Safety Officer at present is Terry Winsborough, who steps down at the half yearly meeting. We must thank Terry for all his help in the past.

We have to keep ahead of things, people hate changes, I certainly do, even an old dinosaur like myself has had to become semi computer literate. A worrying thing is that legislation has stopped the steaming of the Delta Queen an American stern-wheeler, despite protests and pleas from several senators to the Senate. (note from Editor: Delta Queen was give a reprieve from SOLAS requirements to continue steaming a number or years ago, but with her extensive woodwork, the implications of the SOLAS 2010 requirements have beaten her. Unfortunately, she is likely to be in good company as numerous of the older cruise ships will fail to meet this requirement too.)

The sailing season has now ended, the ship is now under going winter maintenance, the hard working engineers and deck crew, are heavily involved in this. The engineers are taking the engines apart and building them up again, the deck crew are chipping and painting the deck fittings. The ECM thank them all. We hope that the crew who came to the crew party enjoyed it.

We now have some enthusiastic new Masters joining us, my welcome to them. To end on a sour note, I have had one or two problems with members upsetting other members. Indeed on one occasion I have had to come down and tell them to leave the ship. I know that we are all volunteers, but some things are unacceptable. I am also very annoyed that Shieldhall Matters has not appeared. The non-appearance has cost us money, the Captain’s dinner was not advertised, the lucky draw which Jan has worked hard on has most certainly lost money over this. On top of this we have not been able to let members know of the half yearly meeting. My sincere apologies, but I am taking several steps to get the next issues out on time, starting with a new printer. One of our pursers Paul McElroy, has offered to print it.

Barry J. Eagles.

Chairman


This is what happens when you bring friends along on our first sailing of the year. Passengers and crew all joined in to test the emergency procedures.

Courtesy P.Tambling


Notice of the Half Yearly Meeting 2007

Following is the notice and agenda for the forthcoming half yearly meeting.

This is an ideal opportunity for members to come along and find out how the Charity and Trading Company have been managed in the current financial year.

We are also keen to hear of any practical ideas the membership may have for fundraising and increasing our membership.

Half Yearly Meeting

Solent Steam Packet Ltd

And

Solent Steam Packet (Services) Ltd

Aboard SS SHIELDHALL

Sunday 18 th November 2007 At 11:00

AGENDA

1 Welcome ChairmanBarry Eagles

2 The Charity - an overview of the year that has passed Chairmanand the strategic plans for the future. Barry Eagles

3 The Trading Company - an overview of the year that Managing Directorhas passed and the outlook for the next twelve months. Graham Mackenzie

4 Heritage Lottery Fund Projects Project Co-ordinatorGraham Mackenzie

5 Members will be invited to put questions Chairman

6 Closure of ship’s business

7 Southampton Heritage Foundation Graham Mackenzie

8 Heritage Afloat Alan Haslam

9 Lucky Ticket Draw Jan Glasscock

10 Refreshments will be available at a modest charge

DATES FOR YOUR 2008 DIARY

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - SUNDAY 20th APRIL 2008 HALF YEARLY MEETING - SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2008


Whispers from the Engine roomPlease excuse the slight alteration of title, but “Shieldhall’s” machinery often whispers, but never mutters!

The winter overhaul work is well advanced, and a large proportion of machinery surveys were carried out yesterday. Because of the December sailings the work program is in two sections with the boiler cleaning in store for us after Christmas.

Main Engines , Port HP opened up and all appears satisfactory Starbd LP stripped and appears ok. Both passed survey inspection.

Boilers.Both boilers 'water wedged' until Christmas.

Auxiliaries.The following were opened up and surveyed:Starbd Air pumpPort Boiler feed pump.Port Hp fuel oil pump.Boiler FD Fan.Aft Capstan engine.

All are now ready for reassembly.

John Milne Superintendent Engineer

Gift Aid and your subscriptions/donations.

A familiar plea to all members who pay UK Income Tax to ensure that they have completed the Gift Aid declaration. This only needs to be completed once and we only need to be notified if your circumstances change.

Currently, we are able to recover 28p for every £ that you give in donations or subscriptions and most years, we recover over £1,000 from the Tax man. All very legal and quite satisfying.

This year, we recovered over £1,100 via Gift Aid and expect to exceed this figure by the end of our financial year.

Have you made a legacy to “Shieldhall” in your will? If not, please consider it as a way of keeping our ship afloat and active for future generations.


‘Lucky Ticket’ Draw Update

Sales of the Lucky Tickets are, regrettably, starting slowly. Hopefully the news that we have been donated a superb and very exciting First Prize will accelerate the sales significantly. The new First Prize is a trip in a vintage Tiger Moth. We are extremely grateful to the owner of the Tiger Moth, Mr Robert Woods CBE, who is one of our new members. I only wish I were not the Promoter, as I cannot think of a more exciting prize, but to win it would not be fair to others participating – I will come and photograph the winner enjoying the prize! For anyone who does not enjoy flying, don’t worry, there are other good prizes!

Full details of the Draw are included in this newsletter in a full page advert. As I explained in the last issue, fundraising is absolutely essential to the working future of the Shieldhall, so do please participate in this project and encourage your friends to do so.

Fundraising in our environment is not an easy task, but there are many ways that you can support the ship, even if you cannot get down to work on her, or do not wish to buy draw tickets - by telling friends and colleagues about the ship and encouraging them to participate with you by means of membership, Engine Room Experience courses, excursions or functions, donating prizes etc.

Any queries, offers of prizes, suggestions for fundraising projects etc, do please give me a call, email me or write to me – details below.

Looking forward to hearing from you,SincerelyJan

Jan Glasscock Hon Secretary 01252 629283‘Tregenna’ 07976 4123519 Priory Close [email protected], Hant. GU51 4ED

Our Website www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk

Please visit our website for information and colour photographs of “Shieldhall”. We try our best to keep the information up to date, but please bear in mind that we are all volunteers and often have other, more urgent requirements placed on us.

Members only pages list all sailings, crewing requirements and other information. To access, follow the side bar link to “Members Area”

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Password: film2008


http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/

The Solent Steam Packet Limited

The UK’s Largest Operational Preserved Passenger/Cargo Heritage Steamship

To raise funds for the next Dry-Docking of SS Shieldhall

LUCKY TICKET DRAWPRIZES include

~~TRIP IN A VINTAGE TIGER MOTH~~

Pair of BMW Motorsport M3 GTR radio controlled cars from the BMW merchandise range

Car vacuum cleaner, malt whisky, Christmas lights, wine, and many more

Tickets £1 each Available from the BAR onboard Shieldhall during excursions and

functions or from Jan Glasscock, Shieldhall Hon Sec – details below

To be drawn at the HALF YEAR MEETING aboard Shieldhall

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18th 2007

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O B I T U A R Y

Lionel Hand 1925 - 2007

It is with regret that I have to report the death of Lionel Hand on 13th March 2007. Lionel was one of the longest serving working members having joined the Shieldhall in 1988. He was a working member until quite recently when ill health finally stopped him from coming down to the ship, but he still used to have his Wife Margaret drive him down to the ship where he would stand at the bottom of the gangway and chat to members as they came aboard.

Lionel did a lot of sailings both local and when the ship went away. He suffered a lot of pain and discomfort for most of the time that I knew him and, despite a lot of mickey-taking and comments, was always there for a laugh.

Lionel was the engine room storekeeper and used to drive the port main engine. He would complain bitterly if he had to drive the starboard main engine, until somebody would swap over with him.

When it became difficult for him to access the engine room, be became deck and steering gear engineer.

Lionel was born on Boxing Day 1925 in Cape Town (this led to mickey-taking as to him being a Colonial). During the war he joined the Royal South African Air Force and was a tail gunner in Liberator bombers. He served in Egypt and Italy. He was demobbed in 1946 and worked and sailed on deep-sea trawlers from Cape Town. He joined Union Castle Line and sailed on the Athlone Castle.

Margaret and Lionel met on a blind date in 1950 and were married in 1952. They had twins, Tony and Terri. Making Southampton his home, he worked at Pirelli’s and Ford’s.

Margaret has worked in the Shieldhall shop in the past.

Lionel was an accomplished harmonica player and cartoonist. He will be long remembered by his friends and shipmates and when we sit down over a pint and have a chat, his name will keep coming up and he will always be part of Shieldhall’s folklore.

Norman TulipChief Engineer


An Ode to the 3rd Engineer

In memory to Lionel Hand who passed away earlier this year.

When the last crosshead has been tightened

And the Third Engineer laid to rest

When his tools are all rusted and broken

Just steal what you think are the best

For red hot cranks and Seconds pranks

Will not our Third annoy

For in robes of white he’s a shining light

and an everlasting joy

No gear to sling or rods to swing

Or bottom ends to tighten

No nuts to slack or glands to pack

Or firemen to frighten

For on that far and distant shore

Beyond the Vale of Tears

He has passed the portals of the gate

Reserved for Engineers

So we will leave him in God’s acre

For he has died in his own firm belief

That heaven is reserved for the workmen

And hell set apart for the Chief

Anon


2007 Excursion Programme

Our summer programme has completed and our results have been as mixed as the weather. As always, book in advance to be sure of a place.

This year, we are running three trips in December to celebrate the arrival in service of the new Cunard Cruise ship, “Queen Victoria”. Please Note that the date for the arrival of “Queen Victoria” has been advanced to the 7th December. Timings are still not confirmed but expect that about a month beforehand, details will become available.

Members will notice that this years programme has differed from previous years and we have tried to add extra interest by planning the trips to coincide with departures of various cruise ships, from Southampton. It has meant that we are often running a single trip over a weekend, rather than two as we have found that our Solent cruises are not very popular. The downside is that all of the costs of raising steam have to be loaded against a single sailing and this raises our breakeven costs significantly. There will also be hidden costs with machinery, due to the effects of heating and cooling of the components, particularly the boilers. In 2008 we will be looking very closely at how to balance the trips and reduce the financial and mechanical impacts. Members can help by introducing people to “Shieldhall”, preferably in groups, as it allows us to consider some of the less favoured trips.

Car Parking at 48 Berth has been tight again this year and part of the £3:50 charge goes back to ABP. This allows them to get a little income from our berth, but nowhere near the commercial rate. If you use your vehicle when taking an excursion, please try to fill it with other passengers. It keeps your costs down but also helps us.

Looking forward just over a year, Cunard have announced that the “Queen Elizabeth 2” will sail for Dubai in November 2008, as she is withdrawn from service. “Shieldhall” has been privately chartered by the Ocean Liner Society for the event, but members will be able to book through them, if necessary. Details to follow in the next newsletter. At this stage, we will plan our own public excursion to greet the “QE2”, as she comes in to Southampton for the final time. The date is published as the 11 th November 2008 and is likely to arrive around 07:00. Final details to be determined, but if you wish to get on to the list, send a £10 deposit to Richard Walker, our Ticket Manager.

Next year may also see a West Country programme, as it is likely that we will have to dry-dock in Falmouth again and one way of recouping our fuel costs will be to run excursions whilst we are there and also, for parts of the passage journeys.

Please note that due to large increases in fuel price (over 30%), our ticket prices will have to increase in 2008. To ease the “pain”, why not make regular payments once you have selected the excursions that you wish to take?

Your support is valued and we look forward to welcoming you aboard.

Graham Mackenzie, Managing Director, Solent Steam Packet (Services) Ltd;


Heritage Lottery Fund Projects Update.Members will recall that the Heritage Lottery Fund made a grant to us for up to £297,500 for various works on “Shieldhall”, back in June 2006. I am pleased to report that all of the works have been completed and we have completed under budget at £176,544.

The breakdown of the various projects is:Midships cargo tanks, spent £103,261Chain locker bulkhead, spent £3,644Replacement of the roller fairlead bases and refitting of the rollers, £3,647Refurbishment of the deck windlasses and replacement of derrick arm,

£3,945

Re-caulking of the foc’sle and aft mooring deck, £18,7862006 dry-dock, including crew and fuel costs £48,838Replacement of fresh and sea water header tanks and pipework £20,654Replacement of fuel bunker line, £3,754

Making a grand total expended of £206,529, of which we get 82.71%.

Our own volunteers took on the Bunker Line replacement, Roller Fairlead base renewal and roller refitting and also, the refurbishment of the deck windlasses and derrick arm replacement, as well as managing the contractors for the other tasks. A good job and very well done.

At the end of the project, HLF agreed to extend the grant to include some works on the asphalt coating on the after end of the Boat Deck. This has enabled a small amount of steelwork to be replaced and the ever, enlarging gap to be closed. This has cost just over £5,000 and has made a major difference to the appearance. This will be further enhanced once the area has been repainted. We have also been allowed to engage professional help to develop a major revision to our Business Plan.

We are now embarking on a new grant request to upgrade crew accommodation space and facilities, plus other improvements that will be considered necessary.

Graham Mackenzie, HLF Project Co-ordinator.


Christmas Shopping.The “Shieldhall” Gift Shop has a good variety of items for sale, to suit all ages. We still have copies of the hardback book about “Shieldhall” – “The Shieldhall Story: the First 50 years” at £16:50 plus postage. Why not buy a copy on the December sailings, Graham will be aboard to sign your copy.

Available from the Shieldhall Souvenir Shop, please add postage.Miscellaneous Gifts Books, Videos and DVDsCalico Bag £4.75

'Shieldhall' Golden Jubilee Tea Towel £3.50

Coaster Set £1.50

Embroidered sew-on badge £2.50

Enamel badges £2.80

Erasers 50p

Key Rings 45p

Leather Bookmarks £1.00

Laminated Bookmarks - views of Shieldhall £1.50p and 80p each

Post Cards 20p each

Pen £1.00 - Pencil 35p

Photo albums £1.75

Sweatshirts £17 XL - Royal Blue, Navy Blue

T-Shirt £10.00 Sm.Med.XL Royal Blue, Navy Blue, Green

Lge - Green or NavyPlease give 2nd choice

Green Polo Shirt s/m/l/xl - £15

Baseball Cap – Navy - £9.50

Pack of 5 Shieldhall Notecards/envelopes £1.75

"The Steamship Shieldhall - Her story – as told by the crew" Video £10.00 DVD £13.50

"Transport in Southampton" - Southampton as it was 75 mins. - Video £16.00 DVD £16.00

“Canberra – the final homecoming” - £12.50

Books SHIELDHALL – The Story of a Clyde Banana Boat£3.95 (+ £1 p+p if ordered on its own)

The Shieldhall Story: the first 50 years by GrahamMackenzieHard back - £16.50 plus £4.00 postage and packing

Limited Edition Print –Shieldhall and the two QueensSigned by the artist Nigel Robinson. Unframed £30 plus £1.50 p & p (cheque for this item payable to Solent Steam Packet (Services) Limited


Photographs by Roger Sherlock - 70p each

Ocean Liners Paddle and Pleasure Steamers1. Titanic2. Aquitania3. Queen Mary4. Queen Elizabeth5. Andes6. Arandora Star7. Calshot (Tug/Tender)8. Queen Elizabeth 29. Medina10. Edinburgh Castle11. Shieldhall12. Normandie13. Shanklin14. Winchester Castle15. Stirling Castle16. Windsor Castle17. Northern Star18. Calshot Spit (Lightship)19. Crown Princess20. Monarch of the Seas21. Royal Princess40. Oronsay41. Orcades42. Orsova43. Arcadia44. Iberia45. Chusan46 Himalaya47. Canberra48. Oriana 1960-198649. Mauretania 1939-196550. Caronia51. Uganda52. France53. United States54. Nieuw Amsterdam55. Australis56. Ellinis57. Achille Lauro58. Berlin59. Aurelia

22. Embassy23. Royal Sovereign24. Sandown25. Her Majesty26. Caledonia 188927. Consul28. Lord Elgin29. Shanklin30. Solent Queen31. Ryde32. Waverley33. Jeanie Deans34. Bournemouth Queen35. Monarch36. Medway Queen37. Empress38. Marchioness of Bredalbane of 189039. Princess Elizabeth63 Emporor of India64. Glen Avon 191265. Jeanie Deans 193166. Mauretania 190268. Waverley 189969. Waverley 1947 (2nd view)72. Duchess of Rothesay 189573. Lord of the Isles 189174. Queen Empress 191275. Marchioness of Breadalbane 188976. Jupiter 189677. Iona 186478. Isle of Arran 189279. Eagle 191080. Glen Gower 192281. St. Elvies 1896

Order Form.

To: Mrs J Tulip, 15, Foxhayes Lane, Blackfield, Hampshire SO45 1XX

From: Name: Address: Post CodePlease supply me with the following items from the Shieldhall Shop:Description Price £ Number Amount £

Total CostPlus PostagePlease find cheque enclosed for


New Members.

Welcome to the following new members who have joined since the last edition of “Shieldhall Matters”.

Mr D O’Neil, Bitterne, SouthamptonMr P L White, Weston, BathMr Shaun Collins, SouthseaMr & Mrs D Payne, Totton, SouthamptonMr & Mrs K A G Binns, North Walsham, NorfolkMr T Rumsey, Weston, SouthamptonMr I Davis, Burnham on Sea, SomersetMiss A Stevens, Sholing, SouthamptonMr A Procopuk Ben, SouthamptonMr G JH Peaston, Ferndown, DorsetMr L Dawson, Reading, BerkshireMr R M Jameson, Billingshurst, West SussexMr P Venn, East Grinstead, West SussexMr T M Gibson, Oban, ArgyllMr C Baxter, SouthamptonMr G Neill, Blackfield, SouthamptonMr A P Coleman-Wilson, Hayling Island, HampshireMr R E Hackett, SouthseaMr A R Coombes, Dagenham, EssexMrs C M Hubble, SouthamptonMr A Watt, Shirley, SouthamptonMr C Smith, Sandwick, ShetlandMr B Roy, Wallingford, OxfordshireMr M G Grinstead, Yarmouth, Isle of WightMr F Pugh, Shepton Malet, SomersetMr & Mrs P Roberts, Hamble, SouthamptonMr & Mrs B Worthington, Holbury, SouthamptonMr & Mrs M Stacey, Twyford, WinchesterMr G H Sloss, Hythe, SouthamptonMr E A Britton, Littlemore, OxfordMr R Atkinson, Lordshill, SouthamptonMr & Mrs R Hunt, BournemouthMr D Pearce, SouthamptonMr J M Gold, LondonMr D L Rogers, Hamble, HampshireMr S Perry, Totton, SouthamptonMr & Mrs G Brazendale, Beaminster, DorsetMr & Mrs R Gardner, Fareham, HampshireMr W R Jones, Saltwood, KentMr & Mrs G Adcock, Romsey, HampshireMr A Phillimore, Hamble, SouthamptonMr C Mintram, SouthamptonMr & Mrs J G Watson, BournemouthMr & Mrs C Evenden, Brentwood, EssexMr and Mrs K Gatrell, Carisbrooke, Isle of WightMiss K J Gairn, Seacroft, Leeds

Jill TulipMembership Secretary


Shieldhall SupportersWe are pleased to acknowledge the support given to “Shieldhall” by the following

organisations:

Associated British Ports Southampton

Avocet Medical

BBC Radio Solent

Blue Funnel Cruises

Brooksbank Valves Ltd

Cosalt International Ltd

FotoFlite

Hampshire County Council

Hamworthy Combustion Engineering Ltd

Heritage Lottery Fund

Industrial Boiler Services

Jotun Paints

Nynas

Securicor Security

Shoebridge Electrical (Northampton)

Southampton City Council

Southampton Container Terminal

Southern Blasting Services

Southern Water

The Echo

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

Williams Shipping

Editor: Graham Mackenzie, [email protected]

Printed by: Deltaprint, Fareham, Hampshire. 023 9232 4206

Postage: By kind courtesy of Southampton Container Terminal

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this magazine are those of the Editor or individual contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of The Solent Steam Packet Ltd

© 2007. The Solent Steam Packet Ltd and individual contributors unless otherwise stated. Articles may be reproduced providing acknowledgement is given.

Published by The Solent Steam Packet Ltd. Registered No 26065R



One from the archives, “Shieldhall” on the Clyde in 1973. A sprightly 18 years old.

Boat Deck after the HLF sponsored caulking, July 2000


Back Page

This is the chance for members to announce other events, or places that you have visited that may interest others. No charge will be made, as the decision to include or exclude is related to space and the Editor’s decision is final.

From the Editor. Whilst in New Zealand earlier this year, I had the pleasure of visiting the Auckland Maritime Museum. One item of great interest is the floating crane, which is awaiting restoration. They are hoping to get funding from the equivalent of our Heritage Lottery Fund. The following details may be of interest:


2007 EXCURSION PROGRAMME

Date Depart Destination ETA Price

April

April Sat

21st 10:30 Families and Friends Day. An ideal way to introduce new

people to the ship, or just enjoy the early season’s cruise. 15:30 £15:00

May

May Sat

12th 07:00 From Southampton to Portsmouth for the Portsmouth

Steam Fair. Entrance to the Show extra. Return to Southampton independently.

10:00 £10:00

Sun 13th

17:00 From Portsmouth Steam Fair to Southampton. Return to Portsmouth independently.

20:00 £10:00

June

June Sat

16th 14:00 Eastern Solent Cruise and see “Queen Mary 2”, “Sea

Princess” and “Navigator of the Seas” depart on their cruises.

19:00 £21:50

Sat 23rd

10:00 Cruise Round the Isle of Wight 19:00 £31:00

July

July Sat

7th 11:00 Cruise the Western Solent towards The Needles 18:00 £23:00

Sat 28th

14:00 Eastern Solent Cruise and see “Queen Mary 2”, “Grand Princess” and “Navigator of the Seas” depart on their

cruises.

19:00 £21:50

Augu

stAu

gust Wed

8th 11:00 Cruise to view Cowes Week yachts 16:00 £21:50

Thu 9th

14:00 View Cowes Week yachts, Eastern Solent Cruise and see “Queen Mary 2”and “Grand Princess” depart on their

cruises.

19:00 £21:50

Fri 10th

18:30 Cruise to view Cowes Fireworks with our resident Jazz Band. Supper available, extra.

23:59 £27:50

Sat 11th

10:00 Cruise from Southampton to Weymouth viewing the Dorset Jurassic Coast. Coach return to Southampton

included.

***18:00 £31:00

Fri 17th

11:00 Cruise from Weymouth to view the Dorset Jurassic Coast 16:00 £21:50

Sat 18th

11:00 Cruise from Weymouth to view the Dorset Jurassic Coast 16:00 £21:50

Sun 19th

11:00 Cruise from Weymouth to Southampton. Coach return to Weymouth included

***19:00 £31:00

Dec

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ber Fri

7thTbd Greet “Queen Victoria” as she arrives from her builders.

Date and time to be confirmed nearer the eventTbd £25.00

Sun 9th

11:00 Christmas Lunch Cruise. Enjoy a traditional Christmas Lunch at sea for an additional £16:50. Lunch places

restricted to 65 people.

16:00 £15.50

Tues

11th

Tbd Bid “Queen Victoria” Bon Voyage, as she departs on her maiden voyage

Tbd £25:00

~~ PLEASE NOTE - ALL EXCURSIONS - LAST BOARDING IS 15 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTURE ~~*** Coach Return sailings – add approximate journey time 2 hours to or from Weymouth, to ‘ETA’ time

shown.Unless stated otherwise, excursions start and finish from Berth 48, Eastern Docks, Southampton.

Entrance via Dock Gate 4The Solent Steam Packet Ltd; are unable to guarantee that the vessels named above will appear and

hence, take no responsibility in that regard.

To book, please see contact details on page 2.

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Autumn 2007 £1:00 Shieldhall Matters · Treasurer John Everett [email protected] Tel: 023 8045 3133 Legal Advisor David Morgan Tel: 020 7222 7040 Supt Engineer John