Visiting Vessels

We often get contacted by people from all over the world enquiring about Ipswich’s maritime history and whether we can help with their research, into all the wide ranging and fascinating topics and subjects in the town’s rich past. From researching … [Read more...] about Visiting Naples – The ‘Competitor’ of Ipswich

This weekend over 20 years ago, Ipswich held one of the largest Maritime Festivals it or the East Coast has ever seen. Sail Ipswich ‘97 saw over 30,000 visitors and welcomed over 300 vessels to the Wet Dock. In 1998 the organiser Mark Grimwade who … [Read more...] about One from the Archive – Sail Ipswich ’97

Ipswich has historically had strong links with the Royal Navy. Whilst it may not have been as strong as the likes of Portsmouth or Chatham, it is and has been a key port town. In the eighteenth-century, warships and trading merchant vessels were … [Read more...] about Ipswich and the Royal Navy

In late May 1940 the British Expeditionary Force was trapped at Dunkirk. Alongside thousands of troops from the French and Belgian armies too. As the frontlines moved closer to the coast and the Allied troops fell back, the British government took … [Read more...] about One from the Archive – When the Dunkirk Little Ships visited Ipswich