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 […]
Did you see our lovely volunteers in the North Devon Journal a couple of weeks ago? Volunteers are at the heart of TeamFreshspring and we are always looking for new recruits to join us on board! If you have a couple of hours to steward on a Sunday and would like to join our happy […]
We are pleased to share our 2021 dry-dock survey report undertaken whilst in dry-dock at the Appledore shipyard earlier this year. The purpose of this report was to ascertain the general structural condition of Freshspring and to report on work undertaken. “The structural condition on lower parts of the hull is very good and provided […]
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 […]