The Maritime Heritage Trust
keeping alive our maritime heritage
UPCOMING EVENTS
GROUPS
Hermitage Community Moorings
Hermitage Community Moorings (HCM) is a co-operative which owns and operates a mooring on the Thames at Hermitage Wharf, Wapping.
The mooring provides berths for up to 20 vessels: enabling a mixture of live-aboard, recreational and visitor use.
Wooden Boatbuilders Trade Association
The WBTA provides a focal point to identify common objectives, interests and needs of the wooden boatbuilding industry, and also set about promoting those interests for the mutual benefit of those actively involved in the industry.
Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Owners Association
The BCPCOA represents the interests of Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters owners and to encourage their preservation for future generations and to research into their past.
The Steamboat Association (GB)
The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain (SBA) was formed in 1971 to promote the enjoyment of steamboats and to represent the interests of steamboat owners.
Old Gaffers Association
The Old Gaffers Association aims to preserve interest in and encourage development of Gaff Rig. Join if you are interested in sailing, building; restoring or just admiring gaff rigged and other traditionally rigged craft.
VISITOR ATTRACTIONS
Rising Tide
Rising Tide is an INTERREG IVA project with one of its multi-facets is a training programme with Pembrokeshire College
Copper Kingdom
Amlwch developed from the world’s major exporter of copper into a world renowned ship-building centre, launching vessels famous for their speed and beautiful lines.
Copper Kingdom and Porth Amlwch provide an opportunity for visitors to explore this local maritime and industrial heritage.
Newport Medieval Ship
The Newport Medieval Ship was discovered in the banks of the River Usk in June 2002 during construction of a new theatre. The ship was excavated by a team of archaeologists and lifted from the ground timber by timber.
Cutty Sark
RE-LAUNCHES 26 APRIL 2012
The Cutty Sark Trust is working not only to prevent the ship from disintegration, but also to ensure she has a sustainable future.
On completion of The Cutty Sark Conservation Project, visitors will have unique opportunity to walk under a three-masted sailing ship and appreciate the beautiful lines of her hull which enabled her to glide speedily through the water and which made her so successful.
Swansea Museum
Swansea Museum is a real treasure house of the ordinary and the extraordinary from Swansea past and present, and is a focus for the future of the city and its people.
The Museum has many boats in its collection and three of these are kept floating in Swansea Marina.
Welcome to the Maritime Heritage Trust
The Maritime Heritage Trust aims to represent and promote the interests of owners and operators of traditional and historic vessels at all levels of government.
Also the Trust wishes to increase public interest and support for maritime heritage, which in turn will raise awareness of its cultural importance and have wider benefits for economic drivers such as employment, education and tourism.
