Representatives of the Trust attended a Marine event last week at Petroc College, Barnstaple, which covered many aspects of maritime activity, renewable energy opportunities in the SW, and the environment focusing on The North Devon Biosphere. Tom Hart, Yard Manager, Harland and Wolff (Appledore), provided an excellent presentation highlighting the history and future potential of […]
We are pleased to share this year’s Freshspring Christmas Cards. We love this year’s design as it manages to capture our steamship in all her glory. If you haven’t managed to visit us, we will be open again to the public from April 2022. Packs of 10 Freshspring Christmas Cards are available for £10 (posted […]
Thanks to everyone who turned out for the ‘Futures Evening’ at Great Torrington School last week. The event was extremely well attended and we, alongside Harland and Wolff, spoke to various students who are keen to explore a career in the maritime or engineering industry. Sam Roberts, our community learning officer said, “It was a […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our last event of the year, Sea Shanties and Seafood (31st October 2021). This special, ticketed event was planned in conjunction with our friends over at The Burton who celebrate their 70th anniversary this year, with the theme centred around ‘Food is Art’. We were pleased to […]
This weekend (Saturday 16th October 2021) will mark SS Freshspring’s 5th year berthed at Bideford Quay, North Devon. It is safe to say that during this time the ship has undergone an amazing amount of work including a new mast created from a tree, a restored wheelhouse and boat deck, painting, maintenance repairs and most […]
A big thank you to everyone who attended our Family Open Day on 30 th August 2021. The open day marked SS Freshspring’s 75 th anniversary and we were pleased to welcome over 300+ visitors from far and wide. The day was jam packed with activities from free tours of the ship (learning all about […]
October promises to be another busy month with local events in North Devon. Our friends over at Way of the Wharves will be offering a FREE community event, called the ‘Bideford BIG DRAW’ on Saturday 30th October. This celebration of drawing is based on the 2021 theme ‘Make the Change’ and is open to all […]
Grateful thanks to musicians Dick Holdstock and Tom Murphey for allowing us to use Holdstock and Murphey’s version of the traditional sea shanty “Homeward Bound”. To find out more about traditional sea shanties, including lyrics, you can visit Dick’s website: www.dickholdstock.com. Dick also has a new book coming out soon “Again With One Voice: British […]
SS Freshspring returned to Bideford Quay this evening. A big thank you to Harland & Wolff and their skilled team for carrying out the essential repairs, and to our team of volunteers, who also were able to clean and paint the upper deck under the cover of the dry dock. Thank you also to the […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] You might have noticed that Steamship Freshspring isn’t at Bideford quay. Freshspring is the first ship to go into drydock in the newly reopened Appledore shipyard. She travelled with the help of a tug to Appledore, where she’s been in drydock for the last week. Freshspring filming: As […]
Back in November 1944, when the Admiralty sent out the order to start building the Freshspring someone clearly forgot to mention that it might be a good idea to put in a decent staircase. Their excuse, that there was a war on, and a few ladders would do for now, probably seemed perfectly reasonable at […]