Our historic ship visitor attraction needs your help. In my deputy chair’s message last month I mentioned the Society was working on ways that our members and volunteers could continue to help and support the SS Explorer during lock down. Please click to watch my short appeal video below to learn how you can help. …
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Today the Society launches its first school at home learning sheet, this is aimed at early primary and we hope will keep children busy for a little while with something educational but will a bit of a difference. There are 3 activities on the sheet, a word search, a counting activity and a picture to …
Members of the society recently took part in the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s first virtual pub quiz. The team, Explorer Enthusiasts, managed to score a reasonable 77 points through the 7 round quiz. Although we would have benefited from a younger member or 2 on the team with some of the more modern music and …
Today as part of museumfromhome and heritagefromhome the SS Explorer is virtually open to the public. Look through our website and find out more about this unique historic ship and piece of heritage engineering. Watch some of the ex crew members talk about their time onboard the ship, see her in action carrying out research …
Work on the historic ship PS Waverly continues slowly as the new boilers and upgrades to the electrical systems take place. Last year the vessel had to be taken out of service due to problems with its boilers. A huge charity appeal was undertaken to raise the funds required to replace the boiler which weren’t …
Message from the Deputy Chair of the Board “During this unprecedented time the Board of Directors have taken the decision to close the ship to the public and volunteers, although the security of the ship is still being monitored. I would like to reassure our members and volunteers that we are financially robust enough to be able …
The SS Explorer Preservation Society is a charity registered in Scotland. SC023518
The SS Explorer Preservation Society is a Private Limited Company No 156992
