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All aboard for a trip to the 1500s

There’s nothing like a spot of time travel, all the way back to the 16th century, on board Galeon Andalucia, currently moored at Shoreham Port.

Fresh from a visit to Amsterdam,...

Training the Wartime Navy in Shoreham Harbour

HMS King Alfred was not a ship but a shore base, named in traditional naval fashion. Also in Sussex during the Second World War, HMS Vernon was actually based in the requisitioned...

VE Day at Shoreham Port: Practical and purposeful

When Hitler’s death was announced in The Argus on 2nd May 1945, it was only a matter of time before Sussex people, exhausted after six years of war, got to celebrate the end of the...

D-Day at Shoreham Port: Looking for clues

Eighty years ago today, the tide was turning to favour the Allies as the secret, but much anticipated Normandy landings were being prepared for all over the country. Shoreham Port...