Today the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society is proud to mark the centenary of a remarkable event in our history – a pioneering women’s football tour held to raise funds and awareness for the Society’s work. Earlier this year, women’s football historian and researcher Steve Bolton, brought to our attention a remarkable series of football matches played […]
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The Society is extremely grateful to Tenby Honorary Agent, Richard Sadler, who went above and beyond to recently arrange transport and siting of a replacement large collecting mine on Holy Island, Northumberland.
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Remarkable stories of skill and gallantry at sea, as well as support for local maritime communities, have been recognised and rewarded at a national awards ceremony held in London.
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The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, has announced the winners of its twelfth annual photography competition, showcasing images relating to all aspects of the UK and Ireland’s historic relationship with the sea.
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The One Hundred and Eighty Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society will be held at Fishmongers’ Hall, London Bridge EC4 on Tuesday 1st October 2024 at 1200.
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The Society is proud to be supporting Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences and Historic England in a 3-year ground-breaking online project, Unpath’d Waters, which aims to unite the UK’s maritime archives and data collections. A lack of high-quality geophysical data and limited research means our maritime heritage remains poorly understood and thousands of shipwrecks around […]
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