If you find any other websites of interest that you would like to see featured here,email me
There is a website for HMS 'Conway' at: www.hmsconway.org
There is an interesting
site edited by OW (56) Malcolm Pickhaver at:
www.red-duster.co.uk
The former Merchant
Navy College has a website at:
www.greenhithe.org.uk
Former MNC students should
contact: mnc@greenhithe.org.uk
The Prince of Wales Sea Training School. The school trained boys for the Merchant Navy, but closed in 1975. Several old boys were lost during WW2
If
you wish to join the Worcester E-mail Group,
contact:
http://www.egroups.com/group/Old_Worcesters
For hints and tips click here
The Marine Society www.marine-society.org
is dedicated to providing education, training & general support to all
professional seafarers of all ranks of all sea services. It's beneficiaries
include serving, former & prospective seafarers.
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?trainingships/trainingships.shtml Gives an interesting history of the various training ships.
The Trincomale
Is well worth a visit if you are in the
NE of England Details can be found on the Trust's new web site .
http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk
The Vindicatrix
An unknown number of Vindi Boys went on to certification and command. The
Association has also produced some good books and a video about the Vindi.
There are also excellent links to the Gravesend School.
http://www.vindicatrix-hq.fsnet.co.uk/
, with branches in N.America at http://www.vindicanadausa.com/
and Australia at http://www.webweavers.com.au/vindi_downunder/Index.htm
and http://www.uq.net.au/~zzbdavis/vindi/.
Find My Old Sipmates
A site designed for Seafarers and ex-Seafarers from around the world to
search our database for their old ships and shipmates and also to visit
our specially designed Nautical Web Pages. www.findmyoldshipmates.com
Flags etc.
For those interested in the National flags, Ensigns and Yacht Club burgees
a visit to http://www.geocities.com/boatingflags/uk.htm
will refresh your memory. There are further links on the site
http://www.comradesandcolleagues.com/
Operate a military reunion site for UK, Canadian, NZ and Australian veterans
called ComradesandColleagues.com.
The site is run by ex military and Royal Navy personnel.
They list military units, squadrons, regiments, ships etc, and people can
logon, find their old units, post reunions and hopefully hook up with some
of their ex colleagues.
They support armed forces charities and they are a not for profit site.
They have over 50,000 members
Weather links to a number of weather sites Updated 30/12/2007
