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Mainly Maritime

Locality: St Helens

Phone: +61 439 581 701

Address: Pendrigh Place 7216 St Helens, TAS, Australia

Website: http://warshipmuseum.com

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24.01.2022 Tuesday Teaser...who was he, where and when? Why the excitement? Remember the museum is Mainly Maritime... Answer on Thursday, all you youngsters!

21.01.2022 Congratulations St Helens, on being named Tassie's Top Tourism Town! Mainly Maritime is situated right in the centre of St. Helens, and is an amazing collection of international maritime history. As a diverse business within the town, it is a great place to visit, along with pristine beaches, mountain bike trails, great food and wines. Please share with others, so they can experience this themselves!

19.01.2022 It's always good to visit other museums to share ideas and get further inspiration! Do you agree? We had the chance to visit the Pilot Station museum at Low Head ( mouth of the Tamar River). Some photos to share with you all...first photo is a storage cupboard, which folds shut as a trunk. Last photo of the Pilot boat still being used to guide ships into the Tamar.

19.01.2022 Do you want to try this one? Teaser Tuesday close-up from in Mainly Maritime, with answer on Thursday! Quite different this time!! Yes, we know it is a K......!

18.01.2022 Ok, was the photo clue too easy or too hard? It was a close-up of some rigging on the model of The Mary Rose. The kit was kindly put together by Ian Summers again, for Mainly Maritime. The Mary Rose was a Tudor warship, which capsized and sank in 1545. However, she was raised 437 years later in 1982. Marine archaeologists have studied the remains, which are housed in Portsmouth, England. It shows us what life on board would have been like. The first ( dark) photo Is the remains of the actual Mary Rose.

16.01.2022 Answer to the Teaser for Tuesday close-up photo this week: full dress uniform epaulette with the rank of Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy pre WWII. This exhibit also has the matching bicorn hat. Another Teaser photo on Tuesday!

15.01.2022 ...while the museum is still closed...new pathway to lower ground doorway, with 11 tonnes of gravel and rocks, plants and décor. Nearly complete!

15.01.2022 Hi again everyone! We are having a little break from our Tuesday Teasers, but instead will be showing you something new! ....We will be reopening sometime after the building work has finished ( outside and inside): New toilet room for all, and new sloping external ramp to new doorway... Please phone Brian if you want to visit in the meantime! He won't be far away!!

09.01.2022 A new display is featuring HMAS Franklin and the Royal Australian Naval College, 1917. This includes the model generously built by Ian Summers, and the Huon pine stand, donated by Paul Hite. Also the display depicts some content of the official Commonwealth of Australia report on the RANC at Jervis Bay. This shows a lithograph of the new summer work uniform and a brief description of the duties of HMAS Franklin.

09.01.2022 Tuesday Teaser for this week...remember it is a close-up of something in Mainly Maritime. Answer on Thursday. What is it? Have a go!!

09.01.2022 The new look of the Mainly Maritime building, which is encouraging visitors inside. The museum is open on a permanent basis. Please share with your friends!

08.01.2022 Closed Monday 26th, but reopening Wednesday 28th at 1000hrs. Thanks!

08.01.2022 Well done, Tony! Yes, the K is part of the brass name-plate from HMAS Koala. She had 32 crew, as a boom defence vessel, operated by the Royal Australian Navy. She was particularly involved in defending Darwin during WWII. As a result she received a battle honour "Darwin 1942-43". In 1969, however, she was being sold as scrap, and the whole name-plate was cut off (with an oxy-torch) for this museum. She continued her life as a gravel barge until the 1970s.

05.01.2022 Our drive to southern Tasmania meant that the car was loaded on our return to the Museum. We came back with a new model ship, Perspex cases to cover the HMAS Franklin and the Mary Rose ( thanks to Ian Summers for building them), more 3D picture frames fir new exhibits, plus various other items. We're glad we chose the east coast road home, as the snowy Antarctic blast had arrived. Even so, we had snow falling near Orford....just HAD TO stop and video it!

04.01.2022 Answer from this week's Tuesday Teaser...it is a newspaper poster from 1969, announcing Neil Armstrong being the first human who stepped out of the lunar module onto the surface of the moon, leaving his footprint there. Apollo 11. Within Mainly Maritime all Apollo moon landings are on display, including the signatures of all the astronauts.

04.01.2022 Our first school visit was today! St Marys District School grade 7 and 8 spent part of their visit to St. Helens in Mainly Maritime. They were intrigued by the models, paintings, weapons and charts, and the collection generally. Many of the students plan to come back again with family members!

03.01.2022 Mainly Maritime is open again, every day (except Tuesdays)! Normal hours are 10-5, but ring Brian if you need an earlier or later time-slot! It is great seeing families enjoying what Tasmania has to offer. Here at St Helens is this vast collection of international history, with model ships, paintings, charts and maps, personal accounts and more. Please share with others, and view our website Mainly Maritime for further details. Hope to see you soon!

01.01.2022 Are you ready for the Tuesday Teaser photo from in the Museum? Remember it's a close-up, and (today) quite colourful! Have a go! Answer on Thursday!