From Saturday 11 February, Hull’s maritime guided tours will resume during the half-term school holiday.
17 volunteers, who are accredited White Badge tour guides, will lead free guided tours around our maritime city.
The Spurn Lightship will have a wet berth built at Hull Marina by a local company.
The Spencer Group, based in Hull, will construct a new permanent home for the city’s cherished lightship at the northwest corner of Hull Marina, close to the Holiday Inn and Murdoch’s Connection.
Spurn Lightship will receive a new coat of paint as it nears completion.
Even today, river pilots are required to guide ships into and out of the Humber estuary, one of the most treacherous waters in the world. The Spurn Lightship played a key role in Hull’s maritime industries.
The Yorkshire-based contractor transforming the Hull Maritime Museum has donated more than £5,500 to two local charities.
Hull4Heroes and Mind Hull and East Yorkshire have received proceeds from Simpson (York) Limited’s metal waste.
In the next phase of the Hull Maritime project, contractors will be invited to show their interest in building a new wet berth for the Spurn Lightship.
A wet berth must be constructed on the northwest corner of Hull Marina, near the Holiday Inn and Murdoch’s Connection, so that Spurn Lightship may be moored there for visitors to enjoy.
An art exhibition featuring the ships from Hull which sailed in the Falklands War Task Force is raising awareness and funds to help bring home the world’s oldest remaining steam trawler from its current resting place in the South Atlantic.
Larry Malkin, an artist based at Welwick in East Yorkshire, is displaying the paintings in the Stables Gallery at Burton Constable Hall. He will also donate 50 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of the works to the Viola Trust.
The city’s sole survivor of Hull’s former distant-water, sidewinder fishing fleet, the Arctic Corsair, has been awarded Virtual Flagship status for 2022 by National Historic Ships UK.
The competition was strong for the coveted accolade, with applications received from a range of operational and static craft on the National Registers based on their seasonal programmes and planned level of outreach.
Two of the city’s cherished ships have reached the next phase of their restoration.
The ships are undergoing a shot blasting process to remove the old paint back to the original steel, removing any corrosion before primer and new paint layers are applied.
After more than 100 years, a historic clock in the city centre will become automated.
The large clock on Hull’s Maritime Museum’s south-facing tower and its dialworks have been thoroughly cleaned, as well as the new automatic winding system measured.
An international competition has shortlisted Hull’s maritime living statues to compete against others from around the world.
Hull City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund have selected three of the living statues created for Hull Maritime, the £30 million project being funded by Hull City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to compete in the World Living Statues Festival, World Championship on 16 October 2022 in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
Work to conserve a collection of historic maritime paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum is now complete.
Following a survey of 400 paintings, the 13 selected works of art that depict a variety of maritime themes with important links to the city’s history were sent to the conservation studio of Lincoln University for essential conservation treatment.
Arctic Corsair volunteers are back at our sites to help conserve artefacts from Hull Maritime Museum.
Working with the Conservation and Engagement Officer, the small team of volunteers will carry out practical conservation tasks to ensure the objects
Work has started on the £11.7m redevelopment of Queens Gardens in Hull.
The first stage of the redevelopment will include the refurbishment of the Rose Bowl Fountain and the removal of the bandstand which is being relocated to Pickering Park.
Supporting Hull’s major regeneration project to preserve the city’s rich maritime heritage has never been easier.
The Hull Maritime Foundation, an independent charity dedicated to supporting the ambitious plans to celebrate 800 years of maritime history, now has a giving page to which supporters of the project can directly make donations.
Trustees behind a drive to bring the world’s oldest remaining steam trawler back to its home in Hull are commemorating another episode in the city’s proud nautical heritage as part of their campaign.
The Viola Trust has commissioned “Hull Task Force”, a 2022 calendar that features paintings by Holderness-based artist Larry Malkin of the nine ships from the city which set sail for the Falklands War almost 40 years ago.
Hull’s transformative Queens Gardens refurbishment has been given the green light by Hull City Council’s planning committee.
Hull City Council’s planning voted unanimously in favour of the application.
A group of volunteers who dedicate their time to the Hull Maritime project have become accredited White Badge Tour Guides.
Between May and October 2021, the group of 17 volunteers completed an intensive training and lecture programme to pass the Institute of Tour Guiding Level 2 accredited training programme.
Hull City Council has appointed Gillian Osgerby as the Project Director to deliver a major transformation and regeneration project in the city.
Gillian will be responsible for delivering the £30.3m Hull Maritime project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hull City Council. It involves the transformation of five key maritime treasures — Arctic Corsair, North End Shipyard, Spurn Lightship, Dock Office Chambers and the Hull Maritime Museum.