📢Our 2024 AGM and Spring Event will be held online on Friday 3rd May at 2pm with two talks about Maritime Heritage Skills from HMS Unicorn & RRS Discovery plus a short AGM.

All are welcome to join us. Please sign up via zoom uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Bookings now open for our next Business Bites session with BAC featuring Scotland's very own Surveying Officer!

This event is open to all, book a place here bac.whitefuse.net/events/busines… to find out how surveying can help you!

Today, we celebrate 200 years of saving lives at sea.

Thanks to our incredible volunteers, who give their time to save others, and the kindness of supporters like you, we can always answer the call for help.

We’d love to hear your stories and memories of the RNLI 👇
#RNLI200

Last in our series of #AtoZ posts for #McLarenMonday is Z is for Zara.

She was built in 1895 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon.

✨ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 ✨
Embark on a captivating journey through maritime history with our latest exhibition Ship Models: A History of Shipbuilding in Miniture, running from 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵.

There are no ships in the McLaren collection beginning with X for our #AtoZ posts so we are moving onto Y, which is for Yorkshire Belle!

Built in 1947 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley.

#McLarenMonday

We are hosting an in person #ScottishArchivesDay event!

An afternoon focusing on outreach and advocating the worth of your archive.

Details in the pic, or click the link for more info.

Open to ARA members and non-members.

Book your FREE place now!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-arc…

W is for World Concord in our #AtoZ for #McLarenMonday

Built in 1950 by Vickers-Armstrong.

Photographs are an important part of family business archives, like this super shot found in the collection of bakery Goodfellow & Stephen. The Business Archives Surveying Officer provides surveys & archive management guidance to businesses across Scotland #scottishfamilybizday

The Scottish Business Archives Surveying Officer works with lots of different types of family businesses to help advise on and promote historical business records. We loved this 1956 advertisement from the archive of family bakery Fisher & Donaldson #scottishfamilybizday

Next in our #AtoZ series for #McLarenMonday is V, which is for Vanora. She was built in 1903 by J Duthie, Aberdeen.

U is for Ulster Prince in our #AtoZ for #McLarenMonday

Ulster Prince, formerly Leinster, was built by Harland & Wolff in 1937.

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Come along and see some of the finest model rail displays in the South West of Scotland.
🗓️ Saturday 27thand Sunday 28th Jan
🕙 10am – 4pm
Book Tickets Here: bit.ly/4ail90I
#ModelRailways #ScotlandEvents #whatsonayrshire

T is for Torhamvan in our #AtoZ for #McLarenMonday

Built by Midland Shipbuilding, Canada in 1921.

Starting off 2024 with the next letter in our #AtoZ for #McLarenMonday

S is for St. Elvies, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan in 1896.

Starting off our #AtoZ series in the new year with R, represented by Royal Highlander.

She was built in 1910 by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.

#McLarenMonday

Q is for Quest in our #AtoZ series for #McLarenMonday

Built in 1917 by E. Lindstol, Quest was used as the expedition ship in the 1922 Shackleton-Rowett Expedition.