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UPDATES IN 2004

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.

 

 

 

 

 
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