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Update History (most recent at the top)
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2014 Dec 28th
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The Cadets' List
Added RN
service link for Douglas Charles Kenyon Browning (37-40), Francis
Brooke-Smith GC (34-36) and Michael Blois-Brooke (33-36).
Added obituary for Spike Harding (60-63).
Added link for James Hope (1872-74) explaing his links with Joseph Conrad and his role in Heart of Darkness.
Added Bibliography links for Abrahams, Atkinson, Baden Powell, Beavis,
Beck, Beggs, Bennett, Brand, Briggs, Brooke-Smith LA, Bulloch, Carter,
Clegg, Cockburn, Conway, Coombes, Cornish, Day, Drake, Duff, Duncan
Smith, Dyde
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2014 Dec 26th
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Lost At Sea
Another major update adding
more links and photos, including one oif ther Murray brothers - thanks
to (previous Club Hon Sec Val Murray).
Now at version 39. If you can provide more info please let Alfie know.
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2014 Dec 16th
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The Cadets' List
Added new link to artist Bruce Braithwaite's (64-66) website.
Added announcement of the death of Rear Admiral John Edwards CB LVO.
Added link to Lance Greefiled (69-74)'s book.
Added links for L Barradell (08-10) awarded the legion Of Honour for RNR services at Jutland. Later a famer in Kenya.
Bibliography
Added a first novel by Lance Greenfield (69-??) - Eleven Miles
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2014 Dec 10th
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Lost At Sea
Another major update adding lots of ships' photos.
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2014 Dec 8th
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Lost At Sea
Updated entries for
Allen, Barton, Bishop, Blattner, Carroll, Conby, Coney. Matthews,
The Murray brothers, Phibbs, Pollard, Richardson,
Stephens/Szczepanowski (1866-67) and Townson
Added new entries for Norris (1884-86) and Partington (1880-82)
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2014 Dec 5th
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Image Archive - Art Gallery
Added a new album for john
Speer's painting of the ship at Rock Ferry in 1932. This had previoulsy
been mis-attributed to Shoesmith. The give a way was the large
signature "Speer'!
Home Page
Added several new Conway items for sale for Christmas 2014.
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2014 Nov 25th
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The Cadets' List
Added new entry for Captain John L Davidson (71-73).
Added links to all those in the Still At Sea list
Added note that Capt., L A Brooke Smith 1893-95 was a founder member of the HCMM.
Still At Sea List
Added a new menu item to the Home Page under Conway Today to link to the list.
Added new entry for Captain John L Davidson (71-73)
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2014 Nov 21
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The Cadets' List
Added links for Harvey Broadbent (1880-81) and Capt Supt 03-27.
Added link for Capt Coombs
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2014 Nov 18
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Bibliography
Added Bulk Carrier Practice by Jack Isbester (Staff)
The Cadets' List
Added entry for K. Lumbers
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2014 Nov 17th
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Bibliography
Updated the Conrad page to show that Lord Jim was intended to be an OC. Thanks to Josh Garner.
Moved Mischief Goes South from Books BY OCs to books with Conway content.
Added Conway & The Falklands by David Fletcher-Rogers (43-45).
Added Tanker Practice by GAB King (Staff 52-54) . Thanks to Josh Garner.
Provided a link to part opf Rick Foster's (60-61) book Finally Gathering Moss which is online.
Added Mike Hingston's (62-65) second book Renegade Hero.
Added Biography of Buster Crabb.
Added The Hothouse Society by Royston Lambert.
Added Tony Perk's (54-55) Sailing Smacks of the Port of Faversham
Revised and updated the books indexes.
Added new entry for 'Schools 1948' which lists public schools including Conway, Worcester andw Pangbourne.
Added FIVE! new books by Michael Con Lloyd (56-58). He must be the most
prolife living OC author. Just take a look at the list of his technical
and fiction works.
The Cadets' List
Added Rick Foster's (60-61) web site and Tim Oakes's web site.
Added entries for A. Ashton, A. Brown, A. Collins, 'Buster' Crabb, G.
Crawford, P. Denham, J. Fairweather, D Hewitt, M Hook, G. Hunt, J. Hume, J.
Jones, J. Mathieson, G. Owen, M. McFakland, G. Palmer, J. Riach,
W. Seybold, G Shires, G. Smith, W. Stevenson, D. Trevorrow, J Watson
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2014 Nov 16th
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Bibliography
Added new book about a Battle of the Atlantic convoy by Michael 'Con' Lloyd (56-58).
Added new book about the Canadian Coastguard written by Charels Maginely (46-47).
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2014 Nov 14
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The Cadets' List
Added business link for Trefor Owen (68-71).
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2014 Nov 12th
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Image Archive Video Clips
2014 Nov 11th Conway ensign (David Hulbert ) at Liverpool pierhead memorial service
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2014 Nov 2
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Still At Sea
Several updates.
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2014 Oct 31
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The Cadets
Added a link to
photos of Albert Manchester's (04-06) prize to supplement his Obituary.
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2014 Oct 27
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The Friends Of HMS Conway
Added the Friends' new logo and new pages for the Chapel Brochure and how to hire the Chapel for services.
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2014 Oct 23
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Club's Members' Only Pages
Added Accounts for 2013.
The Cadets
Added
entries for Butler, Chubb, Clay, Clayton, Collier, Elliott, Farrell x2,
Islam, (Tudor) Jones, Kemp, Kinghorn, Lambert, Leatham, Lewarn,
Lloyd, Nobles, Pack, Roberts, Roughton, Simpson, Spearing, Stocks,
Thurgood, Topp, Verrals, Webb (R) and (M), Yell
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2014 Oct 22nd
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Club's Members' Only Pages
Added the most recent The Cadet from Jul 2014.
The Cadets
Added
entries for Abel,
Arnott, Austin, Bent (VC), Bostock, Broom, Burrow, Buttewrworth, Carter, Clegg,
Clouting,
Collett, Crellin, D'Oyly, Eccles, Edwards, Follenfant, Gordon,
Harrison, Haworth, James, Jestico, Jones, Lawton, L'Estrange, Lowe,
Mansell-Hope, Nicholas, Parfect, Reeves, Rigge, Rose, Sidall,
Thorpe, Trowbridge, Waugh, Watts
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2014 Oct 20th
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In Memoriam George Cross/Albert Medal
Corrected the years for three recipients of this award.
Small Boats
Added details of new Motor Boats in the period around 1895.
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2015 Oct 12
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Bibliography
Added cover image for Salty Dips.
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2014 Oct 8
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New dedicated Conway Club site
Following discussions with
the Club we have agreed that the exsiting club pages should be moved to
a dedicated Conway Club web address. I shall continue to maintain the
site and shortly we shall announced new club emails for the President,
Hon Sec and Treasurer.
I am still working to resolve the issues preventing many of you getting through to the Members' Only pages
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2014 Oct 3
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Shipping Today & Yesterday Magazine
Oct 14 issues has an article about Conway.
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2014 Oct 1
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In Memoriam
Today
is the anniversary of Col Bent (10-12) being awared the VC so I added a
couple of extra links including one to his regimental history that
includes a photo of him.
The Ships - Nile
Added three photos of Nile at Halifax 1850-60
A Career At Sea?
Added Accountant, Lusaka City Council in Zambia. Thanks to David Morgan.
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2014 Sep 27
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The Cadets List
Added death of Richard Francis Lorraine in 1998. Thanks to Wendy Stacey for discovering his death certificate.
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2014 Sep 16
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Small Boats
Added photo of the Pinannce burning in the Dock in 1970.
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2014 Aug 25
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Image Archive
1953 short clip
of the ship aground - judging by her hull lines it was filmed soon
after she grounded. Taken from BBC TV Flog It programme from Bangor
and broadcast on 24/8/14. It also describes the Strait and the
Suspension Bridge.
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2014 Aug 13
trial
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Friends of HMS Conway
It is now possible to make
donations via the Charties Aid Foundation website:
https://www.cafonline.org/my-personal-giving/start-giving/donate-now.aspx
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2014 Aug 8
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Home Page
Invitation to join a cruise in a tall ship at Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta.
Conway VCs
Updated the entry for Gus Bonner (1899-1901)
"The Cadets"
Updated 'The Cadets List'
with links for Kyle Bellew, Charles 'Gus' Bonner VC, Raymond Cafferata,
Lionel 'Buster' Crabb, Bernartd Dunphy, Donald Gunn, Phillip Bagshaw Lohnson, Henry
L'Estrange, Henry Jauncey, John Manton, John Gifford Ridell, Arthur
Rostron, Michael Sokolov (Military Spy), Roger Wickens, Alfie Windsor.
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2014 Aug 4
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CCCs
Corrected entry for Summer 1966 to read G Symes
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2014 June 18
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Staff (Captain Superintendents)
Added a profile of Rear
Admiral Edward Franklin (Capt Sup., 1871 - Sep 1881) and details of his
medals. Thanks to Tim Dodd (63-65) for spotting the details online.
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2014 June 16
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Home Page
Added detals of this year's Club AGM and Dinner Dance.
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Club - Officers Page
Added David Fletcher-Rogers (43-45) and Anthony Braithwaite (47-49) as ne Honorary Vice Presidents.
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2014 May 19
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Image Archive
Updated links to Old Conway footage from Pathe News that are now on YouTube.
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2014 May 14
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Added details of the London BBQ to the Home Page
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2014 April 19
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"The Cadets"
Updated 'The Cadets List' with links for Champion, Crofton, Morton, Siddall, Parfect, Purser, Tristarm, White
Small Boats
Added news that
Fife No 2 Morwys, after many years at Salcombe, has been sold to a
Swiss man and now sales on a Swiss lake (thanks to Andrew Wright).
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2014 Mar 18
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Bibliography
Added Everilda by Donald Alexander MacAlister (1889-90)
New! "The Cadets" Page
Created a new page 'The
Cadets' to show what became of OCs. There are five entries:
1. 'The Cadets List': a full list of all cadets with joining and leaving dates. Over time I will add their achievements, web sites, obits
etc.
2. 'Notable OCs': the existing Notables page relocated from In Memoriam.
3-5. Links to three "term" pages I know of. These are separate pages maintained by other OCs about their term or QB group.
If you have a web page for your term/QBs etc. please email me so I can add it to this page.
Updated 'The Cadets List' with links for all Easter 1959 QBs and for:
Arnold,
Arnott, Aspin, Atkinson, Balfour (4th
Earl),
Bennett, Berna, Blakey, Blunt, Bradford, Vice Admiral D Brown, David
Brown, Burns, Butterworth, Clouting, Murry, Scott, Sessions, Sinnott, Smiley, A Smith, H
P B Smith, Syddall,
Van Bergen, Wade, Walker, Warden-Owen, Warrand, Warren, Warwick (Bil), Warwick
(Ron),
Watkins, (Spider) Webb, Wilcox, Withey, Woodland, Woodward, Work, Wright and
Youde.
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2014 Mar 6
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A Career At Sea?
Senior Officers: Commodores RN/RIN Added our 25th enrty - Commodore Richard Garstin OBE, CBE RIN (1900/02) returned from the Retired List of the RIN in 1942 to become a Commodore of Ocean Convoys in 1942.
Notable
Achievements:
- added President of Malaysian Nautical Institute (IKMAL),
President of The Chartered Institute of Transport (Malaysia National
Council, Director of Kuantan Port Authority and Chairman of Global
Maritime Ventures (thanks Suffian 64-67)
- added Fellow of the Institute of Physics (thanks Bill Trowbridge (46-48))
Bibliography
RE-ordered the Comway Authors page to be in alpha order by OC's name so that all books by7 asingle person can be viewed.
Cretaed a new page fopr Books by members of staff.
Moved the Guide to British
Naval Papers in North America by R Morris to books by OCs.
Added
around a dozen new cover images including several for Duff, The Nation's Key Men by
Coombes, Mason's Book of Steamers, Kinghorn's Away To Sea, and
Bulloch's Death Of A Country
Added:
- Two biographies of Hammer horror filmaker Terence Fisher (19-21)
- Two
book about/including works by Kenneth Shoesmith (06-08)
- 16 books by Brian S Dyde (51-53) about the Carribean.
- Three novels by Michael 'Con' Lloyd (56-58)
- Triangle Trade by Geoff Woodland (60-62)
- Titanic Hero The re-issued autobiography of Captain Rostron of the Carpathia
by Sir Arthur Henry Rostron KBE RD RNR (1885-86)
Added to the newspapers section a two page feature from the March 1889 Boys Own Paper about the merits of Conway training written by Captain A T Millar RN FRGS the Captain Superintendent.
The Cadets List
Noted
the deaths of M. R. F. Carter (42-44), Captain Trevor Haworth AM
(46-47) and Captain Frederick George Hanvey Mansell-Hope (45-47)
Club Pages
Updated the list of Officers and Committee members
Members of Staff
Academic Staff: added more details aof Mr Arthur Eustace Blomfield
joined October 1911 from his home in Lewisham to teach French and
History for the Osborne Class. Left Dec 1910. in 1914 he joined the
Army as a Lt in the23rd Div Amm Col RFA. He was killed in action on 27/28th Oct 1918, Buried Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade.
Technical Staff: added a web link for Mr. A.R. Ollerton
(Ollie) in 1960 was Focsle divisional officer
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2014 Mar 4
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Club Members Only Pages
Updated the Still At Sea list - new photos and links
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2014 Feb 28
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Club Members Only Pages
Updated password as per the March The Cadet
Loaded the March the Cadet
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2014 Feb 18th
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The Cadets List Noted the death in Feb 2014 of Michael R.F. Carter (42-44)
Image Archive Film
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2014 Jan 31st
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Club Members Only Pages - Still At Sea List
Updated with new entry fro Ian McRae (61-63)
Ship Histories - Conway(1)
Added a breakdown of her armament and details of her attack on Chusan in 1840.
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2014 Jan 21st
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Obituary added for Peter Austin (35-37) the founder of Ringwood Brewery and inventor of Micro Brewing techniques.
A Career At Sea also updated with those achievements.
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2014 Jan 18th
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Home page updated with image of new Conway mug available through the shop.
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2014 Jan 7th
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Club Members Only Pages - Still At Sea List
Updated with new information and links to vessel details and location
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2014 Jan 6th
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Members of Staff
Split this monolithic page into several smaller pages each dedicated to a separate group of staff.
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Updates 2013
Updates 2012
Updates 2011
Updates 2010
Updates 2009
Updates 2008
Updates 2007
Updates 2006
Updates 2005
Updates 2004
Updates 2003
Updates 2002
Updates 2001
Notices 2001
Updates 2000
Updates 1999
Updates 1998
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