SouthportPat
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Rear Admiral · 5,445 pts
Southport, United Kingdom
Member since May 2025
Last online 11 hours ago
Age 70
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Only recently started the hobby - taken quite a grip on me - latest project is a Fleet Tender but desperately looking for a high quality complete model of a Maggie M Trawler - Location North West UK
SouthportPat’s harbour
37 boatsMore Boats Acquired Smaller Ones - So Easier to Lift Due To Ill Heath
More Boats Acquired Smaller Ones - So Easier to Lift Due To Ill Heath - This one is a German Mine Layer
More Boats That I have Moved on To Other ShipMates Due to Ill Health
Boats I have had to move on due to the weight
Another Smaller Boat Added to the Harbour
Another Smaller Boat Added to the Harbour A Type 42 Destroyer - In particular a A Batch 1 - HMS Sheffield -…
Addition to Harbour - A Pilot Boat
Addition to Harbour - A Pilot Boat - Another smaller boat
Boats I Have Moved On To Other Shipmates
Boats I Have moved onto other shipmates
And Now For Something Completely Different
The latest addition to my fleet - fully submerging model of HMS Astute
Another Addition - Clyde Puffer
Another Addition - Clyde Puffer - Needs a little bit of work doing on it it guess a winter project. Reminds…
Latest Addition To My Harbour
USS Arizona - would have preferred an HMS VAnguard (Battle Cruiser) but cant get one for love nor money
SouthportPat’s build blogs
16 blogsGood Morning Shipmates Help please - could anyone please assist me with the the lighting on a Royal Navy Steam Pinnace as shown in the pi…
Test Sailing of RMAS Ixworth After A Long Refit 06 August 2025
Expert Advise Required - Swamp Boat Refit Good Morning Shipmates Took my newly aquired swamp boat (second user) for a test yesterday - un…
Test Sailing of HMS Newcastle ' SMBC 300725 After A Major Refit - might I add completed by a Colleague - with me assisting a very little bit
Hi Shippers Here we go this was quite difficult to do by myself holding the camera and operating the transmitter. Sorry but the are bits …
Details of my refit https://youtu.be/4iNNYhz81I8
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+12Re: Flag and Pennant meanings 1850's Sailing Vessels.@jumpugly The Cross on on Maltese Flag denotes the George Cross - an award given to the island after the bombardment in WWII by King George the VI♥ 3 likesRe: Flag and Pennant meanings 1850's Sailing Vessels.@Avoca Oh just an after thought the pennant denoting the owner of the vessel normally flown at the truck of the mast is normally called the House Flag♥ 3 likesRe: Flag and Pennant meanings 1850's Sailing Vessels.@Avoca every letter has a flag or burgee with its own meaning for example flag Bravo is an all red flag usually flown from the yard mean I am carrying loading or discharging dangerous cargo Also the Merchant E…♥ 3 likesRe: Billings Boat BB 706 Sir Winston Churchill@luckyduck FYI It was obvious why the first of the STA Schooners got it name - the second was named after a Doctors son that was tragically killed in a motor accident that wanted to commemorate his son name an…♥ 3 likesRe: Billings Boat BB 706 Sir Winston Churchill@luckyduck Both are still about having passed into private hands and used as Charter Ships - sadly now the UK has very few Sail Training ships to speak of, A couple that spring to mind are TS Pelican and TS Ro…♥ 3 likesRe: Billings Boat BB 706 Sir Winston ChurchillMalcolm Miller still about
PDF♥ 3 likesRe: Southport Model Boat ClubTodays Sailings - A Cold Wet Morning With Only the Diehards Sailing - Trafalgar Day 2026
+3Re: Question of the Day?It’s just Naval internal terminology just like the Principal Medical Officer has the nickname name of Scab Lifter - and a million other terms♥ 21 likesRe: Question of the Day?Remember the 1970’s kids film Wargames - a look into the future of AI ?♥ 21 likes