Shipwrecked Mariners' Society

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Help Us To Support Those Who Need It Most

Shipwrecked Mariners' Society offers a range of quality hand picked Christmas Cards and associated items, the proceeds of which enable us to support those who need it most. Please help us to continue this important work.

Personal shoppers are welcome at Head Office throughout the year
Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm
Saturday opening (13th November - 11th December) 10am - 1pm

• Quality Christmas Cards
  
• Bargain Christmas Card Packs
• Gift Items
• Correspondence Cards
• Nautical Heritage Calendar
• Sunset & Evening Star Vol. II
• Maritime Birthday Card Pack

Maritime Birthday Cards

Maritime Scenes from the book 'Thomas Bush Hardy RBA (1842 - 1897) A Master Painter of Marine and Coastal Watercolours',   Courtesy of the Authors.  For further information about this book select this link or select this link to email (Please mention the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society website).

Have You Ordered Your Copy of 'Heroism at Sea' (E- book)?

A unique and detailed history of the Awards for Skill and Gallantry presented by the Society since 1851. This E-book gives a fascinating insight into British maritime history and the selfless acts of bravery of so many. Of special interest to anyone with an interest in maritime history and love of the sea. Published on CD at £9.95.  To order contact Julia Allison on 01243 789329 or select this link to enquire by email .

Nautical Heritage Calendar

This year the Society is pleased to offer an exclusive limited edition calendar. Produced in association with The British Mercantile Memorial Collection it depicts on twelve picture postcards unique scenes of merchant and fishing steamships. Accompanied by full narratives giving the history and context of each ship, this is a truly unique calendar.

Sunset and Evening Star Vol. II

By popular demand, we are pleased to present a second volume of favourite poems, thoughts and quotations to comfort and inspire, kindly submitted by friends of the Society.

It Never Rains by Dan Snow (£7.50)

It is the mid 1970s, towards the end of a golden era at sea, when Christopher Ross joins m.v. Reliant, where his first hours aboard and hardship and misery. On his first night aboard there is threat in the shape of a big deckhand, and then an encounter with a violent shore-side character who seems to be linked to the mate in some mysterious enterprise. The mate is a martinet of the old school, but Chris is happy whilst on watch with the easy-going second officer, and enjoys the close friendship of Smiles, his happy-go-lucky fellow cadet, and Peter, the dry-humoured junior engineer. Further mystery is introduced when Ross and Smiles are approached by 'the plae young crewman'.

The captain is taken ill, and a charismatic old man takes command in Durban. After this series of rare events begins, leading to loss of communication, near shipwreck on a coral reef and a series of adventures around the atoll. Their rigging of sail, like their inventive fresh water-making , solves some problems, before they are becalmed and out of food. With them virtually at the end of their tether, comes terror and death in the form of a relentless pirate attack.

Amusing interludes include a trip ashore, crossing-the-line ceremonies, and a unique barbeque bringing crew and officers together. Their relief on reaching Singapore is tempered by sadness, recrimination and even romance, but the story ends with the promise of complete fulfilment for Chris Ross.

Spirit of the Sea by Dan Snow (£6.50)

Stories of seafarers and their ships. 'Spirit of the Sea' is a collection of stories, mainly fictional, but with many of them based on fact. It is about we seafarers, whose ships, with the aid of the wind, steam and motor power, plouged the oceans during that magical marine-age between nineteen fifty and the mid eighties, when life could still be hard, but so many of us content with our lot, and often extremely happy to be at sea.

To order the above books by Dan Snow please contact:
York Publishing Services, 64 Halfield Road, Layerthorpe, York YO31 7ZQ
Tel: 01904 431213 or select this link to email

Please note: A share of the profits from the sale of these books are donated to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society

Nelson's Avenger and the Smugglers of Plymouth Sound by Jack Spence   

On 21st October 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, Midshipman John Pollard of HMS Victory shot the French marksman who killed Vice Admiral Lord Nelson.  Since that momentous day he has been renowned as the 'Avenger of Nelson'.

This is the story of Commander John Pollard's (1786-1868) fascinating life.  Born the son of a Cornish smuggler, John Pollard joined the Royal Navy at the age of eleven, achieved a long and distinguished naval career and earned a place in history that far exceeded the expectations of a smuggler's son.

To order, please forward a cheque for £12.00 per copy (inc P&P) to Jack Spence, 10 Armada Road, Cawsand, Cornwall PL10 1PQ.

For further information about the book please contact the author select this link .

Please note:  A share of the profits from the sale of this book are donated to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society

To request a copy of our new 2009 comprehensive brochure, select this link.

To order cards and gift items online, select this link.