This is such a fantastic video of such a beautiful steamer about to embark on a brand new era in its lifetime for more generations to love and cherish its beauty for years to come. Thank you for capturing this moment.
Amazing job to everyone involved. I went on board when she was in Hoo marina. I was making a delivery and expressed an interest in her as i build model ships. I was given a tour and told her history and the many men she saved on the beaches of Dunkirk. She had not long been dug out of the mud. This was around 1991 and I remembered being told her boiler would probably not work again and you had to pump out the water and was still patching the hull. We had a wonderful conversation about the her and was there for over an hour. I went home that night a made a donation to help. I thought i would research what ever happened to Medway queen, i was over joyed that you got to rebuild her a give her back her hart. Fantastic to see. John
Wonderful sight, never thought I would see this, brings back happy childhood memories of summer trips. Will pop in to see her when I am next down in Kent, she should never have left there really !!
Only just found this gem of a video and I'd like to thank all concerned in its production. So many people in this country, but most especially around the Medway towns area of Kent, have been following the sometimes sad and very disheartening saga of this historic vessel - will it won't it ever get enough support, financially or otherwise, to return it to revenue service. That day is now in sight, albeit still a long way off, but thanks only to the dedicated hard work and sheer tenacity of so few and the recognition by more empowered bodies of the significance of such a great "little ship" - One that will now live on as lasting memorial to all the little ships that failed to make it home.
A new old steamer, great. Nice that there are still people who love historical technology and preserve or reconstruct it. Greetings from a steamer friend from Germany. Most beautiful old ladies were scrapped in the 1950s to the 1970s, they have become so rare today. It's great to have one more historic steamer.
So good to see her leave Bristol. At this time (november 18) the Mewday Queen is moored in the Medway, only a few miles from her home. Well done the crew of the tug Christina to get her here safely.
She was completely rebuilt from the ground up the engine and funnels are original but not much else, hope she sails again someday but for the moment she is a static exhibit.
Wonderfull old steamer, one should fix it up and convert it to a hydrogen steam boiling system (Climate neutral) as they do in Germany with steam locomotives at Meiningen steam train workshop..
Almost all ships that old are the Waverley was also practically rebuilt. Ships by there very nature are subject to wear and tear like everything else and large sections are regularly replaced etc.
This is such a fantastic video of such a beautiful steamer about to embark on a brand new era in its lifetime for more generations to love and cherish its beauty for years to come.
Thank you for capturing this moment.
Amazing job to everyone involved. I went on board when she was in Hoo marina. I was making a delivery and expressed an interest in her as i build model ships. I was given a tour and told her history and the many men she saved on the beaches of Dunkirk. She had not long been dug out of the mud. This was around 1991 and I remembered being told her boiler would probably not work again and you had to pump out the water and was still patching the hull. We had a wonderful conversation about the her and was there for over an hour. I went home that night a made a donation to help. I thought i would research what ever happened to Medway queen, i was over joyed that you got to rebuild her a give her back her hart. Fantastic to see. John
Wonderful sight, never thought I would see this, brings back happy childhood memories of summer trips. Will pop in to see her when I am next down in Kent, she should never have left there really !!
Lovely! Many thanks for filming and posting!
Lovely bit of history. Thank you. Rmb
A great record of our beloved Medway Queen, on which I travelled in the late 1950's and until she was withdrawn.
Very well done video. Good to see this fine old vessel getting restored.
Only just found this gem of a video and I'd like to thank all concerned in its production.
So many people in this country, but most especially around the Medway towns area of Kent, have been following the sometimes sad and very disheartening saga of this historic vessel - will it won't it ever get enough support, financially or otherwise, to return it to revenue service. That day is now in sight, albeit still a long way off, but thanks only to the dedicated hard work and sheer tenacity of so few and the recognition by more empowered bodies of the significance of such a great "little ship" - One that will now live on as lasting memorial to all the little ships that failed to make it home.
A new old steamer, great. Nice that there are still people who love historical technology and preserve or reconstruct it. Greetings from a steamer friend from Germany. Most beautiful old ladies were scrapped in the 1950s to the 1970s, they have become so rare today. It's great to have one more historic steamer.
Excellent piece of filming
So good to see her leave Bristol. At this time (november 18) the Mewday Queen is moored in the Medway, only a few miles from her home. Well done the crew of the tug Christina to get her here safely.
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Happy memories…
great vid. shes looking good. cant wait for a trip on her
It's a dam shame that a vessel of her vintage and history is allowed to be neglected and to rot away
She was completely rebuilt from the ground up the engine and funnels are original but not much else, hope she sails again someday but for the moment she is a static exhibit.
Wonderfull old steamer, one should fix it up and convert it to a hydrogen steam boiling system (Climate neutral) as they do in Germany with steam locomotives at Meiningen steam train workshop..
It's a copy Not the Real Ship
Almost all ships that old are the Waverley was also practically rebuilt. Ships by there very nature are subject to wear and tear like everything else and large sections are regularly replaced etc.