Paddleducks
Paddler Information => Preserved Paddle Ships => Topic started by: lenknight on June 14, 2005, 08:43:54 PM
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Hello PJ,
One question I failed to answer re The Medway Queen being in the Historic Dockyard, Chatham. This also came to nothing, after expending up to £15,000 to ensure the ship was safe to put into the covered dock, it was money that stopped this possibility.
It would have cost something like £300,000 to obtain entry into the accommodation, and the £75,000 rent a year to stay on site, quite beyond our means.
Paddleducks, is at time privileged with receiving news before any other source, hence no mention on site relevant to the Medway Queen? Once again up todate news:
MEDWAY QUEEN: PRESS RELEASE
Claim Officers from the National Heritage Lottery (southeast division) visited the veteran paddle steamer Medway Queen on 18 May. The visit lasted five hours and a total inspection took place.
Once again, it’s a “finger-crossing and nail-biting†time for the members of the Medway Queen Preservation Society, but we have been informed that the officers should come to a decision within twelve weeks.
In the meantime, a grant of £35,000 has been allocated. This is called a Planning Grant and it will enable Mr Wyn Davies, Maritime Consultant with the Fraser Nash Group, to cost the work involved. The job will then be put out to tender and the results will be referred back to the Lottery.
Brian Goodhew, spokesman for the Medway Queen Preservation Society, called this tremendous news, especially as this is the ninth year of Lottery applications.
It also coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the Preservation Society and this is the best news we could have hoped for as a birthday present. Hopefully, it will lead to our final target of having the hull replated and renovating part of the superstructure.
For the full Medway Queen story, visit our website at: www.medwayqueen.co.uk.
14 June 2005
Regards Len Knight MQPS. (give me time to update site)