@HMSTrincomaleeWe have had some notable successes so far this spring and summer: Royal Wedding Day saw two coach loads of visitors arrive, keen to look round. We welcomed all our visitors that day with a complimentary toast to the Royal Couple – a Whisky Mac consisting of HMS Trincomalee Ginger Wine and Scotch Whisky, which proved very popular. This is a drink devised in India in the days of the Raj – so it seemed quite appropriate on our Bombay-built Ship. It made a good press photo too. In early May, we held our first ever Wedding Fayre. It was a resounding success with HMS Trincomalee getting serious interest in 6 weddings on board. All the suppliers who supported us also took firm orders, which is apparently quite unusual. So we’ve organised our second fayre for 2nd/3rd September. Suppliers are clamouring to support us again, which is great news for us. I’m looking to achieve 50/60 weddings a year on board. Maybe by next year! As I write this, we’re making the final preparations for Rum and Guns, life in Britain’s Navy in the mid 1800’s, by our company of re-enactors HMS. May 28th and 29th (10.00am - 4.30pm each day) will see HMS bring the Ship alive, demonstrating period uniforms, gun drill, rigging work etc to our visitors. On 17 July, we’re holding our first ever Boat and Leisure Jumble and Auction at Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience to promote the attraction and raise some money for HMS Trincomalee. Our popular annual Trafalgar Night dinner on board will be held on Saturday 22 October. Tickets will be available shortly. Please contact the Trust office on 01429 223 193 / office@hms-trincomalee.co.uk for details. We’d love to have our Friends around us on this important occasion. There’s been much interest from film crews lately – all wanting to use the Ship for filming, which is great news. Filming is a good source of publicity for us. Look out for Warrior Graveyard: The Navy of the Damned, filmed on board, which we expect to be shown on Channel 4 from autumn this year. Our refurbishment work in the Captain’s Cabin, replacing some of the beams and redecorating, is now finished. Our maintenance team has also been tidying up the paintwork on the exterior of the Ship – which is now looking very smart after the ravages of last winter’s weather. Currently we’re re sealing the decks and tightening the rigging – summer jobs! We’ve just commissioned a new picture of HMS Trincomalee from the well known maritime artist David Bell, of Lincoln, to show the Ship in her second commission configuration. We’re expecting to take delivery after the summer and will offer some opportunities to view the original in the autumn. We’ll have limited edition prints available which will make great Christmas presents – and it will be certain that the lucky recipient will not have one already! As I write, the network cabling to service each end of our new wireless internet bridge between the Trust office and the Ship Shop is being installed around me to our specification. This will allow more efficient communication within the business and with our visitors, Friends and clients. Crucially, too, it will allow us to operate online shops, run social media campaigns, work with our partners more easily and so on. Progress! Please do come and visit us this summer and persuade work colleagues, friends and relations to do likewise. We’d love to see you. In the meantime you can follow our adventures on Twitter - @HMSTrincomalee and on Facebook - HMS Trincomalee Hartlepool. You’ll notice that Trust’s Log has become @HMSTrincomalee to reflect our growing social media presence, particularly on Twitter. Our life is increasingly expressed in 140 character sound bites! It’s the modern way but not as easy as it sounds. Why not follow us and try it sometime? With my warmest wishes to you all. David McKnight General Manager HMS Trincomalee Trust
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