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Nautilus address at Maritime Volunteers' AGM (Nautilus UK)
NAUTILUS industrial officer Garry Elliott, pictured right, was one of the speakers in a packed one-day programme at the Maritime Volunteer Service’s AGM at the Gateway Hotel, Nottingham, in January.
He made a presentation to the meeting explaining the relevance of Nautilus membership to the volunteer mariners who operate a substantial fleet of small craft based around the UK coast.
A new MVS group set up in the Humber Region (Grimsby Unit)
The MVS Grimsby group has been recently formed and is based on the M.V. Hambledon, ex R.N. tender (Clovelly Class), a 110 ton offshore category B training vessel. Members are in the process of bringing the ship up to the MCA category 2 standard of certification and regularly serve as crew for visits to the Bull Sand Fort . One of the objectives is to assist the Streetwise Charitable Trust in restoring the fort for use as a drug rehabilitation centre.
Tay trip boats back in docks (Dundee Courier)
Marigot and Badger are back in Victoria Dock having carried over 1700 passengers during the course of their popular trips on the Tay run from Dundee by the Maritime Volunteer Service.
This season’s sea and river-borne excursions included the rescue of a young family from a broken-down vessel and a dolphin trip for Rowan Atkinson, Clive Anderson and their families.
MVS celebrates the "Nelson touch" (Hastings Observer)
The Royal Navy of today needs to do as Nelson did and ensure that it has the backing of government and public in order to fulfil its role, volunteers have been told.
The occasion was the annual Trafalgar night dinner of the East Sussex Sovereign Harbour Mess (formerly the Bexhill Mess) of the Maritime Volunteer Service Cinque Ports Division at Bexhill Sailing Club last Friday.