HMAS Castlemaine Museum Ship in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia | Landmark & historical place

HMAS Castlemaine Museum Ship

Locality: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9397 2363

Address: Gem Pier 3016 Williamstown, VIC, Australia

Website: http://hmascastlemaine.org.au

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25.01.2022 The ship is open all Easter weekend to Monday and ANZAC day too. The White Ensign happily flying in the breeze today

25.01.2022 HMAS Castlemaine Christmas 2014 Function starring Alf (Bluey) Thornton 94 years old, long term volunteer.

24.01.2022 Ken Turnbull visiting yesterday with his family (in cap), WW2 sailor who served on Castlemaine as a signalman chatting to Bobby Gerring a long time volunteer.

24.01.2022 The Castlemaine is now all spick and span after her repainting. Flooding up tomorrow and undocking Friday 28th August. Back at Gem Pier for the weekend.

23.01.2022 Two of our HMAS Castlemaine volunteers Bob Pearson and Andrew Campbell with the new honour board depicting the ship crew list of names of all sailors that served on the ship during WW2. The honour board was purchased under the DVA "Saluting The Service" grant.

22.01.2022 Cleaning has begun.

21.01.2022 The ABC of Royal Australian Navy Corvettes is a great pictorial book of all the 56 Australian Bathurst Class Corvettes compiled bybyte AB Libby Pearce whilst working in the history section of the Sea Power Centre in Canberra. These Corvettes mainly manned by Australian Navy Reserve personnel performed anAnh amazing role during WW2. Libby has covered them all with a brief individual ship history. Well done from the HMAS Castlemaine volunteers.

20.01.2022 Our volunteer Daryl Bunting on the left sitting at his newly built mess table and bench with Bluey

18.01.2022 Waterside Engineers undertaking deck repairs on the ship last week.

17.01.2022 A few volunteers and friends enjoying the Christmas party last Friday night on board.

17.01.2022 The ship will be absent from Gem Pier for 2 weeks from 14th to 28th August while it enters Williamstown Dockyard to have its underwater hull cleaned and painted. She will look brand new on her return.

15.01.2022 We had a lovely evening on board the Castlemaine last night for a bit Christmas cheer with most of the volunteers.

14.01.2022 Last night at the Castlemaine volunteers and supporters Christmas party (around 80) Bruce Wadsworth from BAE Systems presented the ship with a historical piece of equipment for measuring engine horsepower and also a "docking board" used when ships went into the Alfred Graving dock at Williamstown dockyard.

14.01.2022 HMAS Castlemaine Museum Ship will feature on "Postcards" (Victoria) this Friday, 2 September 2016 for those of you interested. Looking forward to more people becoming aware of our historic ship.

14.01.2022 Castlemaine volunteer Steve Knipe showing his latest ropework on the quarterdeck awning support post.

13.01.2022 Great day out for volunteers and family on ferry to Portarlington and visit wineries and lunch.

12.01.2022 The Castlemaine back home at Gem Pier, Williamstown.

11.01.2022 The CastleMaine on its way to Williamstown dockyard

11.01.2022 Sadly our neighbour "Little Gem" at Gem Pier, Williamstown sank the other day. Hopefully she will be salvaged.

11.01.2022 Today we took the volunteers and their partners to Werribee Park Zoo and then lunch afterwards at Shadowfax Winery. Cold wet and windy but a great day out.

11.01.2022 Late evening photo of The Castlemaine from Williamstiwn Park taken by WO Marty Grogan who visited the ship with a group of ex RAN writers for a reunion.

11.01.2022 Mother swan and her cygnets having a drink of freshwater from the ship today.

11.01.2022 Ship dressed with all flags flying for the Queen's Baton relay along Gem Pier, Williamstown today.

11.01.2022 Tecoma Primary School visited The Shrine, Melbourne today on their annual visit to commemorate HMAS Castlemaine and followed by a visit ti the ship.

10.01.2022 A visitor from China loved looking at our museum ship and took a "selfie" with our volunteers Peter and Kathleen

09.01.2022 At thankyou afternoon tea was given on board the ship for the BAE Systems volunteers who assisted with the docking and undocking of the Castlemaine.

09.01.2022 This picture shows the sad state the Castlemaine was in alongside South Wharf in Melbourne when handed over to the volunteers in 1974.

07.01.2022 The Castlemaine being towed out of dock by the tug and rounding Gem Pier for its safe return.

06.01.2022 Mr Ron Vickress, a 93 year old WWII war veteran from Queensland, who served as a signalman on another corvette HMAS Pirie during the war, visited the ship today. He has an amazing recollection of ship detail and was able to enlighten us on some future ideas to include in the ongoing ship restoration.

06.01.2022 HMAS Castlemaine volunteers and TS Voyager Sea Cadets welcoming the Commonwealth Games Baton Relay to Williamstown

06.01.2022 John Szantos completed painting the anchor windlass and foredeck. John Halton repairing the ship doors with John Szantos watching on. Steve Knipe repairing the ship shade awning after the weekend storm.

04.01.2022 Like all Australian organisations,The Castlemaine is facing the challenges of a rapidly-changing landscape in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Keeping our volunteers and visitor safe is our priority. As such, we wish to advise that the ship will close for tour groups and visitors alike from Wednesday 18 March until at least 12 May 2020, to try to help slow the spread of COVID-19 within our communities.

04.01.2022 We were happy today to host Glen Moriarty from Postcards (Channel 9). He toured the ship for approx. 2 hours filming. We will keep you posted when it will be aired (approx. 2 to 4 weeks from now).

03.01.2022 Leaving the dock

01.01.2022 Two men "messing" about in boats!! Frank Cascio and Andrew Campbell "boot topping" the ship's side for Xmas.