Shoreham Port at Ropetackle On the 5th November 2025 Tom Willis presented alongside Dr Geoffrey Mead at Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham. Sue Royal, our Port Archivist has written a summary of the…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
