NewportMedievalShip

@NewportShip

A Fifteenth Century ship discovered on the banks of the Usk in 2002. The timbers and finds are now in the care of Newport Museums & Heritage Service.

Newport, South Wales
newport.gov.uk/ship
Joined March 2010
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  1. Nov 27

    Rain or shine: Building the road bed! Each oak timber is 150mm x 150mm x 3 metres. Good practice for rebuilding the ship!

  2. Nov 12

    Bolts!

  3. Nov 11

    We have been chipping rust, painting, building shuttering, pouring concrete, and drilling timbers and bolting...

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    Oct 7

    Archer's bracer from packed and ready to go for Agincourt exhibition

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    6:11 AM - 7 Oct 2015 · Details
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  5. Oct 5

    guest speaker is Chris Brandon designer of the new exhibition centre

    Our AGM is this Saturday at 2pm, all welcome!
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  6. Oct 4

    Rebuilding the eastern approach ramp to the Transporter Bridge in Newport!

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  7. Sep 17

    The difficulty of navigating in highly tidal rivers - Gypsy - Avon Gorge, near Bristol, 1878.

  8. Sep 16

    Our new environmental control plant has just arrived! We are going to install this in the timber store to create...

  9. Sep 10

    Since we opened regularly to the public 10weeks ago we have had over 600 visitors! The Friends of the Ship will...

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    Sep 10

    Since opened regularly to the public 10wks ago we've had over 600visitors!

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    Sep 4

    is collecting to help refugees in Calais. More details of how to help here.

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    6:23 AM - 4 Sep 2015 · Details
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    Aug 30 Somerton, Wales

    Stop Press *** Ship Centre Open to Visitors on August Bank Holiday Monday ***

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    1:07 PM - 30 Aug 2015 · Details
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  14. Aug 11

    Detailed photographs of the 1:10 scale model! Archaeologists used 3D digital modelling techniques to create...

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  15. Jul 31

    Laser scanning a ship's figurehead from the collections ofthe Newport Museum! Come to the ship centre today to...

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  16. Jul 24

    Sailors would clean out the inside of the ship by flushing the bilges. Carpenters would drill holes through the...

  17. Jul 24

    the ship centre is open today until 3:30pm so pop along to unit 20 estuary rd, queensway meadows Npt to discover more about the project!

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  18. Jul 22

    Newport Local History Society are enjoying their visit this evening :)

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    Jul 16

    Showing Newport tomorrow 17 July Henry V (1989) film Starts 7.45pm organised by

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    12:08 PM - 16 Jul 2015 · Details
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  20. Jul 16

    The ship was heavily tarred during its construction with wood tar, also known as Stockholm Tar, produced from...

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