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Added full details of the 2008 Club AGM and Dinner Dance to the Diary page.

Updated details of the 2009 150th Anniversary Reunion available here. See link under 'Programme'.

Added pictures of the final items of new engraved glassware available through the Club Shop: The Conway Club (tumblers, water carafe and mini decanter).

Started a new section on the Staff page for Chairmen and Committee. If you can fill in gaps or provide photos please let me know.

Added exceptionally detaiiled full deck plans of the Ship to the Misc page. They were produced in 1953 to enable plans for the refit to be prepared. To ensure every last detail is visible I have added them as very large pdf files 1.5 to 2Mb each so the page will take a long time to download but the wait is well worthwhile. When they are individaully opened in Adobe Reader you can scale them from a full view of the whole deck on a single sheet of A4, to a point where a square foot of deck space can be expanded to fill the whole screen.

22nd February 2008

Added first details of the 2008 Club AGM and Dinner Dance to the Diary page.

The www.cwpreunion.org site for the Christchurch 2008 November long weekend now has Registration and Payment details included. Payment is requested by June 08 as per the site details. The credit card secure payment has been tested. These dertails also added to the Diary page.

Full details of the 2009 150th Anniversary Reunion, including a  booking form, are now available here.

Plans are afoot for a 50th anniversary reunion of 1961 QBs. Details on the Diary page.

Home page links to the above events have been adjusted.

 

11th February 2008

Very attractive sets of engraved glassware now available thorugh the Club Shop: The Conway Club

Details of this year's London BBQ on Thursday 19th June can be found in the News section

Added our third Albert Medal to the Notables section awarded to Lt Cdr ARS Warden (GC (AM) RN (years not known). The Albert Medal was awarded for "daring and heroic actions performed by mariners and others in danger of perishing, by reason of wrecks and other perils of the sea". In 1949 it was amalgamated with the George Cross.

Made several corrections to the list of Chief Officers especially for the 1940s. Added to the list of staff, Messers Bloyne, Buckby, Burgess, Hall, Smith and Staverley all masters who left or joined in 1917.

More changes to A Career At Sea?

-  Now 585 shipping companies thanks to P.H. Winstanley (63-65) for Golden Bay Cement Company (NZ) and P & O New Zealand Ltd. Also added Associated Humber Lines, Iranian Navy, Leith Salvage & Towage Co and London Line.

-  Now 172 uniformed services after adding Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Machine Gun Corps, North Staffordshire Regt, Queensland Light Infantry and Royal West Kent Regt.

-  Added a new award, the Russian Cross of St Vladimir with Swords.

8th January 2008

Quite a large update to kick off the New Year:

I've discovered a new George Cross medal winner: Lt Cdr W. Fletcher (GC (AM) RN (years not known). He was actually awarded the Albert Medal but the AM was later amalgamated with the GC as it was considered to be of equivalent status. Notables

A Career At Sea? extended again:

-Thanks to Weevil Wild (65-68), Paul Warren (64-67), Dave Stocks and others we now have 577 shipping companies (was 525). It only seems like yesterday I was aiming for 400 shipping companies now we're close to 600!  Let me know if any of yours are missing.     

- Other entries: now 164 uniformed services, 47 pilot services and 27 harbourmasters.

- Added Accountant, Commissioner of Police Hong Kong, Director Malta Broadcasting Corporation, Finance Director of Pubic Company in Hong Kong, Chartered Company Secretary and Rock Star to list of other employments, now 147.                                       

- Maritime training establishements updated with Adventure Youth Sea Training Trust, Arkabar Sea School (on River Murray, South Aus) set up by OCs in 1963), Cadet Ship Chindwara. Falmouth Sailing & Seamanship School, King George VII Nautical College (Essex), Libyan Navy Instructor, RAN Naval Apprentice Training Establishment , Papua New Guinea Maritime Colleg , Sir John Cass Nautical School (London) and Vancouver Navigation School (Chief Instructor).

Commodore MGB Manning AFC FCMI RN (62-66) kindly pointed out that he is a Commodore and so I've added him to our list of Senior Officers in Notables. Also added a new Admiral (Billings) and Air Vice Marshall(White) so we now have 26 Admirals, 13 Commodores (RN), 3 Generals, 4 Air Marshalls and 2 Air Commodores (Roberts). I've re-organised the listings under these new headings. Also added personal entries for Admiral Sir Sackville Hamilton Carden KCMG RN (1868-70) who planned the Dardenelles campaign and Captain W.H. Coombes (1907-09) who did much to improve the professional standing of MN officers. Updated the entries for Admiral Sir Richard Peirse RN (1873-75) and his son Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard E C Peirse KCB, DSO, AFC, RAF (1905-07).

Added Jay ‘Birdie’ Hooper (1956-58ish) to the list of international sportsmen. He represented Bermuda in the 1968 Mexican Olympics.

Updated list of those with Personal Web Sites (now 133) to include Admiral Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey KBE, CB, DSO DL RIN (12-15), James Atkinson (44-46) and Steve Webb (67-70) - he's got a web site and film clips. Also added the group web page for the December 1956 QBs.

Warrent Offficers Bossy Phelps, Ag Collins and Tooley Lee added to the list of staff along with a new photo of Captain Mowll (Captain Superintendent 1862-71). Updated lists of Padres and Chief Officers and added more anecdotes about members of staff.

Books by OCs updated with several by Hugh Perks (year not known), one by Captain Coombes (07-08) and one by Lt Ian Fraser VC RNR(36-38)

2007 Nov 1st

Added latest details of the 2009 150th Centenary Celebrations including hotel booking arrangements.

Updated the list of reunions with the 2002 Reunion of Easter 1962 QBs Lots of new entries added to the list of OCs with their Personal Web Sites. There are 127 entries now, listed by years and then alphabetically.Added two interesting entries to the Notables section for Commander John L. Rigge RN OBE (1932-33) and Terence Fisher (Approx 1916-8) Hammer Horror Films' lead director. Revised the Bibliography so that all books written by OCs or members of staff are together. They include books with Conway content, fiction and technical books. There is a separate section for books with Conway content but not written by OCs. Added a number of new works by OCs to the Accessions section of the Bibliography pages Some interesting stuff.

Added TS Dufferin (India's equivalent to Conway), , RCN Naval Operations School and RCN Sea Training Staff to list of training establishments in a Career At Sea? An OC was Dufferin's Captain Superintendent during WWII. Also added new Shipping Co Commodore.

Updated A Career At Sea with International Maritime Transport our 524th Shipping Co., and added New Zealand Fire Service and Zambian Police Force to Uniformed Services giving 149 entries. Added Companion The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) to the List of Medals

Updated the Staff section with a new photo of Conway's third Captain Superintendent, Capt Mowll.

2007 Oct 25th
Added a reminder on the Home page (and the Friends and For Sale pages) about the fantastic limited edition Spode plate commemorating the Plas Newydd window in the Conway Chapel. This is a great way to support the Chapel so please consider buying one.

I am building a page of links to recent OC events. There are three so far, the latest a link to the page for the 2002 reunion of Easter 1962 QBs - actually I've mislaid this link so if you know it please email me!.Added Abram Lyle & Sons, British Antarctic Survey, Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd and Henry F Watt to the list of shipping companies giving 523 in total. Added Royal Hong Kong Police (1968-1997) and Hong Kong Police (from 1997) to the list of uniformed services to give 147 in total. A Career At Sea?

Added a new section in Bibliography on Joseph Conrad and the references to OCs/Conway in many of his books e.g. the lead characters in Lord Jim and The Secret Sharer are OCs. Also added a new book "Isle of Man; Then and Now - A Photographic Journey" by Andrew Douglas (OC) and new books by Con Lloyd (56-58) "in Command' and "Anchors & Anchorwork".

2007 Sep 5th

 

Dates have been set for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations at Liverpool in 2009. Click here for details.

The editor of ther Club Newsletter, Alan Burns (48-50) ever, and rightly, a stickler for accuracy, challenged my dates for the Conway song. I'm working from very poor scans of the Cadet magazines; some are awful and the three I relied on here are amongst the worst. A bit more searching though adjacent pages and I found more legible dates. He was quite right; the 'third' song was introduced in December 1916. Details were published in the Club Newsletter No. 42, Autumn 2001 pages 28-30. Conway Songs.

Added the first Chief Officer, a Mr Littler, to the list of Chief Officers.

Added a few more details abot the large painting of the Ship above the entrance to the Mess Deck in the New Block: Relics.

Updated the entry for Lt Henry Warington Smyth Baden-Powell RNR KC Admiralty Court (1861- 1864, cadet number 187), founder of the Sea Scourts Notables.

Added Bowater Steamship Company, Department of Energy Mines & Resources, Canada, George Horsley & Co (West Hartlepool), Jordain Shipping and T & W Smith (Newcastle) to give 519 shipping companies. Added Canadian Atlantic Pilotage Authority to give 42. Added Ceylon Planters Regt, King Edward’s Horse and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to give 146 uniformed services. Extended the list of maritime training organisations in which OCs have served to include Canadian Coast Guard College, Georgian College, Nova Scotia Nautical Institute, Survival Systems Training Ltd and the National Nautical School, Portishead where an OC was once Captain Superintendent. A Career At Sea?

2007 Jul 23rd

For years I knew that the Conway Song we all know was not the original one. I had words for an earlier song but no music. A long search has finally come up with three songs! The first, extant in 1898 was also titled "A Conway Carol". I've found the missing music for the second song although this seemed not to be sung by 1917. The third song, 'our song' was introduced in December 1918. Conway Songs

Updated List of Club Committee Members

More Shipping Co Commodores.

More Medals & Awards.

Added more Uniformed Services - 143 in total.

Updated the list of Padres

Revised the list of Chief Officers / First Lieutenants / Director of Nautical Studies

Updated Senior Officers with our 24th and 25th Admirals (Everett and Niblett), 4th and 5th Commodores (Lane and Ruthven) and 2nd and 3rd Generals (Barber and Nicholson )

Separated out the list of 14 Harbourmasters and 41 Pilot Services from the list of Shipping Companies . Thanks to Dave Collick(Fxl 55-57) for Michalinos and Bohannen Line, Andrew Tinsley (54-56) for General Maritime S.A. (Casablanca) now 516.

Added RNC Dartmouth(at one time there were 4 OCs serving on staff together), Port Jackson cadet ship (Master) and Russell Coates Nautical School, Branscombe, Dorest (Captain Superintendnet) to Maritime training centres.

Fixed broken links to personal sites and added new personal sites for (now 52):

1866-67 Kyrle Bellew

1911-13 Rear Admiral Douglas Henry Everett RN CB CBE MBE DSO (search under RN and "E")

1960-61 Rick Foster

1963-67 Alec McNab

1964-67 Paul Warren

1964-68 Nick Watkins 1

1964-68 Nick Watkins 2

1971-74 Paul Nicholas 1

1971 -74 Paul Nicholas 2

1971-74 Paul Nicholas 3!

 

 

Date

Update made
Page
2007 Jul 9th

Added new OCs with private web sites / significant mentions in web sites. 47 now. Let me know of any I've missed Added a new "Returning Lost Boys" page to the Home Page. This is a tie in with the campaign to track down lost OCs being run in association with Geraldine McCaughren's Peter Pan In Scarlet; her wonderful sequel to Peter Pan.Moved details of recent reunions to the renamed "Diary & Recent Events" page. Send me details of any other events and I'll add them. Added T.R. Sanderson to the Staff list. He taught Spanish 1952-3 (at least).Thanks to Messrs Budd (71-3), Burkey (62-64), Haskins (40-43), Kirkham (54-55), MacVicker 68/71, Moody (04-06), O'Donnell 66/68, Walker (62-64) and Williams 53-5 lines are now up to 548. New Shipping Co Commodores - RML 51 to 53, BISN 54-5 and British Tankers 61/2 Several new uniformed services, now at 110. Chinese Maritime Customs was the magical 100th! Several new Maritime training establishments - now 57.

Added Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers.

OCs on web sites Returning Lost BoysDiary & Recent EventsStaff

A Career At Sea?

2007 Jul 4th

Added photo of Paul Kingsford in 1990 to Staff photos Initial information about 2009, the organisers want your views.

Shipping companies now 480 and new training centre in Durban.

Staff photos2009

A Career At Sea?

2007 Jul 2nd

All new Staff pages.

Shipping companies on a roll - 467 now. Aiming for 500. We need your help!

Staff

A Career At Sea?

2007 Jun 28th

New images in Vancouver Day 3, new page for Alaskan Cruise.Added our 22nd and 23rd Admirals

Added extra shipping companies (now 442) and services (now 90)and a couple more shipping company commodores

Vancouver Reunion Notables

A Career At Sea?

2007 Jun 25th

New images in Vancouver Day 3.Added our 20th and 21st Admirals - Vice Admiral Brownfield and Admiral Murray. New notable OC Lt Cdr B M Skinner (1930-32), Captain of HMS Amethyst of Yangtse Incident fame

Added extra shipping companies (now 430) and services (now 86) plus 4 extra training ships and 2 new Olympians

Vancouver DinnerNotables

A Career At Sea?

2007 Jun 22nd

Added review and photos of the London BBQ

2007 Jun 13th

New President of the Cruising Club.Minor update to Friends 'Events'

Added notes and photos for the Vancouver reunion, and details of the 2008 Christchurch NZ reunion in 2008.

Cruising ClubFriends - click events

HMS Conway

2007 Jan 17th

Two new sets of cufflinks for sale from the Club Shop.Lots of change for the Cruising Association including diary datesAdded Bullard King, Carmichaels, Cowasjee Line (Karachi),
F Laeisz (Hamburg), John Steward, British Rail Hovercraft Ltd (Seaspeed), Hovertravel Ltd, RANR, RNR, RNVR, Royal Marines, Scottish Fisheries Protection and Tung Group to lines - 388 now.
Added the Australian Army, The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, Royal Army of Oman, Royal New Zealand Armoured Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), Liverpool Police,Parachute Regiment, West Yorks Regt, South African Light Horse to the list of Services & Units - 68 in total now. Also several more medals added and listing revised.

Thanks to Peter Booker, Lt Col David Beveridge, Alan Burns and James Hume for most of the extras.

Club ShopCruising Assoc

A Career At Sea?

2007 Jan 8th

Updated the Diary page with new dates and events.Added book "The Queens & I" by Commodore G Marr (22-24)Lots of new high res photos of the Chapel windows on the Friends' pages. Thanks to John McLeod (65-67) for taking them.

Added new section listing the Services & Units in which OCs have served.

DairyBibliographyFriendsJohn's site

A Career At Sea?

2007 Jan 2nd
My thanks to Robert Hilton 54-56 his shipping companies, plus 3 from the 56 propsectus, bring the total to 373.
31 Dec 2006

Recruitment Drive 2007 page addedUpdated list of Club Branches and contactsUpdated Diary Page

Added Gulf Oil, Salveson of Leith, Kingston Trawlers and ASP shipping to list of shipping lines (352 now) and Chief Officer Greater Manchester Ambulance Service, Olympic sailor 68 Olympics and President Society of Marine Painters to other achievements

Recruitment Drive 2007Branch DetailsDiary Page for 2007

A Career At Sea?

12 Nov 2006

Added a new Notable OCs entry for Douglas V Duff.Updated Solent Branch contact detailsUpdated the Conway Song page to correct the Hullaballoo, add "2-6-heave" and revise the Original Conway Song.Added a new section in the Bibliography for Commander Douglas V Duff (14-15) who wrote over 100 novels and short stories. His heroes were often naval cadets or apprentices. Also a reference to his The Sea Whelps - his equivalent of The New Chum.Various minor corrections to the A Career At Sea page. 348 lines now. Added a few more Notable Achievements ie First (UK) Prisons' Ombudsman, Chief of Police Jerusalem in Palestine Police Force, Flotilla Vice Commander, 1st Southern District, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

 

NotablesSolent BranchConway Songs & ChantsHMS Conway

A Career At Sea?.

7 Nov 2006

Updated details of other vesels named Conway.Added lots of book cover images and some new books to the Bibliography pages.Added Smith Line (Warrington Baden Powell's first company after Conway) 345 lines now. Completely revised the Notable OCs pages with lots of new entries.

Moved "Medals and Awards presented to Conways" from the Notables page to the "A Career At Sea?" page. Also added a small new section "Conway Commodores Of Cunard Line".

Other ConwaysBibliographyShipping lines etc.Notables

A Career At Sea?.

27 Oct 2006

Updated the list of OCs with web sites or mentioned on web sites, now only 43. Several removed and added to yesterday's list If you know of others let me know!

Added a new book by George Shearing (years not known) to Hot Off The Presses

OCs' Sites

Hot Off The Presses

26 Oct 2006

Major revision to the Friends page including a list of the new Trustees and photos of the chapel windows.Updated stuff For Sale by the Friends including a fantastic new commemorative plate and copies of Masefields' The Conway and New Chum. Get them before they go.

Added a few new finds to the list of OCs with web sites or mentioned on web sites, 51 now. If you know of others let me know!

FriendsFor Sale

OCs' Sites

6 Oct 2006    

Updated Conway Club page with new address for the Hon Sec.Added some new slang terms and an explanation of the motto.Removed list of links as modern search engines can find things much more quickly and keep them up to date.

Added Trident Tankers, The Wholesale Society ( of Tarawa, former Gilbert & Ellice Islands), Gray McKenzie, Dubai, Pilot - Jebel Dhanna, U.A.E, Pilot - Sidon, Lebanon to list of lines, removed duplicates - 344 now.

Club pageSlangLinks pageShipping lines etc

 

5 Oct 2006
How could I miss someone from my own term? Mea culpa. Four books by Michael Howorth and his wife Francis added to the Bibliography (Books By Conways)
4 Oct 2006

More shipping lines - 341 nowUpdated list of Trustees for the HMS Conway TrustBibliograph: Added two new "Hot Off The Presses" by OCs.Bibliography: 17 new books added taking the total to wel over 100.

Bibliography: added an analysis of the editons of Masefield's New Chum

shipping lines etcTrustHot Off The PressesNew Additions

Masefield's Books

20 Sep 2006

Add more shipping lines in which OCs have served - only 336 now (unless you know different), plus a few more notable achievements and other jobsRemoved old entries from the Notice Board

Updated Trust Committee members

shipping lines etcNoticeboard & Diary

Trust

19 Sep 2006
Apologies for the long gap since the last update. The webmaster has been flat on his back ill for the best part of the year. Firing on all cylinders now though! Lots of updates in the pipeline for the next couple of weeks. First update is to the Club Shop which has some new items for sale (marked NEW in red).
17 July 2005

Update to the The Conway Club Cruising Association page.

Added the Gold Award from the Maritime Web Awards to the home page.

cruising.html

index.html

16 July 2005

Various updates to Friends of the Conway info.

friends.html
news.html
friends_sub.html
sales.html

9th March 2005

Updated/added Golding, Hughes, Moody, Rankin and Woodhead.


Added new officers for Central Canada Branch

notable old conways

Central Canada Branch

1 March 2005
Update Conway Club Cruising Association page with latest newsletter.
9th February 2005

Major additions to the Ship's Log for HMS Winchester (Conway 2), including a new photo.

Added a few more modern days photos to the Loss of the Ship section to aid understanding.

5th January 2005

Major new entry added to the History section covering the Loss Of The Ship. It is in two parts: 1. A simple chronology of events produced by Alfie Windsor (64-68) and supported by over 200 photos. It takes the reader from the early discussions and planning of the move right up to the unexplained destruction of the ship by fire. He has consulted most of those onboard on the day, several spectators in small boats and lining the shore, and a variety of published accounts including the Committee of Inquiry's report.

2. An exhaustive analysis by Captain David Williams (49-51) of how physical conditions (wind and tide), navigational challenges and human actions combined to cause the loss of the ship. Supported by the investigations of oceanographers and a wealth of scientific, meteriological, tidal and other material, this is a definitive study of the very unusual physical factors unique to the Menai Strait which resulted in the loss of the ship.

Loss of the Ship

5th January 2005

Corrections to photos of the figurehead

 

Figurehead photos

20th December 2004

Added details of the 2004 dedication of the new window in the Conway Chapel and the Remembrance Day serviceCorrected details in the Relics section about the gun

Added the true story of the pinnace

New window in Chapel

see Field Gun and Pinnace

17th August 2004

Added updated info on the dedication and unveiling of the new window in the Conway Chapel to the Noticeboard and Friends of the Conway sections of the site.Updated an image description to correctly identify Howard Davies teching Navigation instead of Parry.Updated the second Anchor detail in the Relics section to reference the story of the recovery detiled on an external site.Fixed various typos in the Photographs section.Added info. on the 40th Anniversary reunion of the 1962 to 1965 era in September to the Noticeboard.

Added info. on a Scottish Night / Dinner being held by the Conway Club Scotland in November to the Noticeboard.

news.html
friends.html
photo_general.html
relics_artifacts.html
photo.html

25th June 2004

Fixed formatting, broken links etc. on Conway Club & News / Diary pages.

Also looked into search function returning a '409' error as of 16:00 hours when connecting to search.atomz.com. Appears to be a maintenance issue their end as problem resolved as of 18:00 hours GMT.

conway_club.html
news.html
search.html

23rd June 2004

Added 9 images of Plas Newydd to The Hutted Camp and Stone Frigate sections.Added 25 images to the Miscellaneous Section.Added 1 image of the Priory new window plate to the Friends of the Conway Section (Gallery ii).Added 2 images of the The Conway Public House to the Proud Tradition Continues... Section.Added 19 assorted images to the Relics & Artifacts Section.Added 4 images of Rock Ferry to The Mersey Years Section.

Added 22 images to The Bangor Years (The Ship) Section.

history_hutted.html
history_stone.html
misc.html
friends.html
tradition.html
relics_artifacts.html
history_mersey.html
history_bangor.html

18th June 2004

Added an image of Lt Ian Fraser VC, DSC, RD, RNR (1936-38) to the the Notable Conways page.

famous_conways.html

16th June 2004

Added 12 images to the the Loss of the Ship (The Next Day).Added 22 Miscellaneous images.

Added 20 images to the The Stone Frigate (New Block) section.

history_loss.html
misc.html
history_stone.html

15th June 2004

Added 19 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Platters Rock).Added 21 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Falling Tide).

Added 14 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Rising Tide).

history_loss.html

14th June 2004

Added 11 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Preperation).Added 15 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Tubular Bridge).Added 11 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Into The Swellies).Added 17 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Pryces Point).

Added 28 images to the the Loss of the Ship (Suspension Bridge).

history_loss.html

8th June 2004

Added images to the The Third HMS Conway page.Added an image to The Second HMS Conway page.Added 5 images from the House to The Hutted Camp & The Stone Frigate.Added 7 images from the Kelvin Block to The Hutted Camp & The Stone Frigate.

Added 2 images to the Loss of the Ship page.

history_third.html
history_second.html
history_hutted.html
history_stone.html
history_loss.html

7th June 2004

Updated the Cruising Club Association page.

cruising.html

4th March 2004

Changes in the Friends pages to add extra books for sale and to revise the Memorial Board subscription form.Added extra entries to bring us to 312 shipping lines and 119 shore based careers.Replaced the History, Dry Docking section with a ore accurate version.

Updated Relics entries for the Anchors, Models and Pinnace.

friends.html
sea_career.html
history_dry.html
relics_artifacts.html

18 February 2004

A total of 34 A4 pages of new material in this update. If you have more email them to:alfie@windsor-consulting.comA Career At Sea?  Added lots more Shipping Lines, careers and Unusual Achievements. Are yours included?Bibliography has new entries for So Long To Learn: A Personal Memoir by Bill Trowbridge OBE (46-48) Rock Ferry, New Ferry & Bebbington by Dave Mitchelson . The Changing Years by Rock   Ferry   Local History Group. The Antigone by Richard Woodman (??). New Chum by John Masefiled Miscellaneous lots more Slang, Motto and explanation of the cadets' numbering system.Notables added/revised Clutterbuck, Hughes, Shoesmith, Woodward

History has new anecdotes in various sections

sea_career.html
bibliography.html
misc.html
famous_conways.html
history_mersey.html
history_bangor.html
history_ashore.html
history_loss.html
history_tented.html
history_hutted.html
history_stone.html
history_closing.html

13 February 2004

Added a profile of Sir Clive Woodward

10 February 2004

Added details of a Cruising Club event at the RYA Cowes on May 5th 2004
04 February 2004

Added an additional 13 images of the huts to 'The Hutted Camp' in the History section.Added a note explaining how to attribute photo's of the Ship's movements through the Swellies to the 'Loss of the Ship' and 'Through the Swellies' pages in the History section.Added an additional 23 images of the Dock to 'The Hutted Camp' and 'The Stone Frigate' in the History section.

Added 19 images to the 'Friends of HMS Conway' section.

history_hutted.html
history_loss.html
history_swellies.html
history_stone.html
friends.html

04 February 2004

Added 7 images to 'The Closing' in the History section.Added an additional 14 images to 'The Mersey Years' covering the 19th Century in the History section.Added 38 images to 'The Loss of the Ship' covering the 'Aground' period.

Added 15 images to 'Bibliography' section.

history_closing.html
history_mersey.html
history_loss.html
bibliography.html

28 January 2004

Added 147 images to 'The Stone Frigate' in the History section.

history_stone.html

27 January 2004

Completed the 'Hutted Camp' section with the addition of a further 146 images.

history_hutted.html

26 January 2004

Added new entry relating to Intervention In The American Civil War? in History Section, The Third HMS Conway (HMS Nile)Updated Notables with Admiral Sir Mark Pizey GBE CB SO DL and Lt Cdr F Booke Smith GC RD RNRFinal batch of 44 images added to Ashore & Afloat (only 998 left to go!).

Added 85 new images to 'The Hutted Camp' in the History section.

history_third.html
famous_conways.html
history_ashore.html
history_hutted.html

23 January 2004

Added 80 new images to the History section under 'Ashore & Afloat' section.

history_ashore.html

22 January 2004

Added 146 new images to the History section under 'The Bangor Years', 'The Mersey Years', 'Dry Dockings' and 'Through The Swellies'

history_bangor.html
history_dry.html
history_mersey.html
history_swellies.html

21 January 2004

Updated Items For Sale with expanded information on HMS Conway Gazette Vol 1.Fixed corrupt thumbnail image of the new window design in Friends of The Conway.

Updated The Conway Club Cruising Association page with the latest information from the newsletter.

24 September 2003
Various updates including new HMS Conway artwork print in Sales and updates to the Bibliography and News sections.
12 August 2003
New and updated content in the following pages:
6 August 2003
Major re-work of site with new content, History section updated, new search facility and moved the Email List to a secure Yahoo! Group.
14 July 2003
Updated Friends of HMS Conway page to include details and designs of new commemorative window and how to donate, made the Memorial Board application form a printable form as the downloadable copy was too big.
Updated the Conway Merchant Navy Trust web site address.
1 July 2003
Updated Friends of HMS Conway page to include Memorial Board application form.
16 June 2003
Updated Friends of HMS Conway page to include new information, contact details and subscription costs.
10 October 2002
Reinstated the information on the third HMS Conway - HMS Nile, including an artists impression which was accidently removed.
2 October 2002
NEW IMAGES ADDED - Many thanks to the kind OC who spent much of their valuable time updating the Photo Thumbnails.
4 August 2002
Added Conway Song as a new page (lyrics and score are scanned images, details of purchasing original scrore is available on this page).
Cleaned up the Diary page.
25 June 2002

Updated the Conway Club Cruising Association page to reflect new contact information after the sad loss of John Robinson.

Also updated latest information about the Conway Club Cruising Association and added pictures of the Commodore's yacht.

Amended the Conway Ensign information to be current in A Proud Tradition Continues.
6 May 2002
Added new names to email list
20 & 21 April 2002
Added new names to email list
14 April 2002
Added new names to email list, lots of people trying to locate OC's
New page added detailing the 'CONWAY SONG'
Archived 2000 & 2001 Noticeboard and updated with new entry for May 2002.
Alphabeticised the Notable Conways, added a couple of names and a new section 'International Sportsmen'
Updated South African entry link
Amended the details about the Chat Line
Updated information on Conway Centre in a Proud Tradition
Added Stempost to Relics and Artifacts page
Various additions to the Bibliography
Added extra staff nicknames
Updated the Loss Of The Last Ship, The Closing and The Other Conways pages in the History section.
Vast amount of new information added to 'A day in the life..', including some humourous recollections...
Updated various new items on the Career at Sea pag
New information on the Friends of HMS Conway page
7 April 2002
Email lists completely up to date.
Added a couple of new OCs to the email list
6 January 2002
New Conway Chat Room recently launched
29 Dec 2001
Email list is completely up to date, including new names and updated entries
Extensive rework of the History section, including new pages of information.
New picture for sale in Items for Sale
Information on a forthcoming books by OC's
Added content to and updated and amended A Day in the Life...
Added content to Staff section
Added new links to the Links area
Added new personal sites and a couple of pleas for help
New entry in Relics: Fifes
Additions to the A Career at Sea - Notable Achievements
Updated and added to the Notable Conways
Added 'List of Changes to this Site' page, detailing every change made to the site this year.
21 Oct 2001
More OC's have been added to the Email Lists
30 Sep 2001
Ken Huggins has updated the Conway Club Pages
Ken Huggins has updated the Noticeboard and Diary section
Added more email addresses to the list.
12 Sep 2001
Finally updated email lists with various new email addresses, apologies to all those effected by delays to updating the site - problems beyond our control :(
5 Aug 2001
New 'Latest Updates' page added - should help users find updated/new information more quickly
Included information on the The H.M.S."Conway" Trust Registered Charity No. 275366.
Added a couple more names to the Email List
Reworked the History section, including new content and changing the structure
Added Sn Ldr 'Boy' Mould and made a few amends to the Notable Conway's page
Added some items to the slang dictionary in 'A Day in the Life', also added a content for the 'Last Years' sub-section.
New items in the 'Bibliography' and a bit of re-formatting.
Added a couple more personal sites to the 'Searching for Someone' page
Added various crys for help for information about OCs to the 'Searching for Someone' page - can you help?
Add new items to the 'Other Nautical Links' sub-section of the 'Links' page.
Updated information on the Conway Club Newsletter.
Content finally added to the 'Conway Club Cruising Association' page.
Updated information and added new headings in the 'Friends of HMS Conway' page, including the fact that the rescued gigs have been stolen.

2003 August

Site Complete rework and re-structure of the History section completed.
Moved Email List to a secure HMS Conway Yahoo! Group
Updated the search facility so that it is lot easier to use.
General re-coding and tidying up to reduce file size of larger HTML pages.

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2002 April

Site Major round of updates completed. Detailed completely below.

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2001 August

History Fuller entry about the Original HMS Conways
A Day In The Life Reformatted and several new features added 1941, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1954/55,1967 and 1971
Bibliography Added new 'Hot Of The Presses' section
Added: Cameos of the Holy Land, Farewell HK, several books by Prof Bil Trowbridge, Everybody's Magazine, The Mariner's Mirror, Port Dinorwic Sailing Club Newsletter
Notables Dennis Orme (53-55)
Relics Fifes
Searching For Somone New entries in 'Anyone...' and Email List
Staff Added entries for Mr Parry and Mrs Lord

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July 2001

A Day In The Life Added entries for 1970-72 and 1974
Bibliography Added: The Voyage Alone In The Yawl Rob Roy, The Illustrated Companion To Nelson's Navy and HMS Conway. A Short Account of my Period in Command, Sept. 1934- Aug. 1949
Conway Club Newsletter Editor is online!
Cruising Club First entry added
Friends Of The Conway Updated and re-vamped
History Split into a number of smaller sections,
New The Original HMS Conway(s)
Charles Darwin and the Conway see Late June 1835
New entries for 1941 and The Closing
Notables Added Iain Duncan Smith (68-72) plus photo and Sn Ldr 'Boy' Mould RAF DFC (approx 1930)
Noticeboard & Diary Several updates
Searching For Someone New entries in 'Anyone...', Personal Sites and Email List

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June 2001

History October 1953
Notables Cdr John D E Lewis RD RNR (30-33)
Searching For Someone New entries in 'Anyone...', Personal Sites and Email List

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May 2001

A Career At Sea Many new Shipping Lines and Notable Achievements
A Day In The Life The Camp
A Proud Tradition Continues David Austin Memorial Trophy
Bibliography Added: Dunedin Star, Geometry Of Navigation, The Review
History October 1953 and Summer 1956
Notables Added: Captain Donald Stewart (1920s), Alfred Wright Adcock (1898-9)
Searching For Someone New entries in 'Anyone...'

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