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Howard Spring

Marion Howard Spring wrote in her memoir "Howard":

"When we moved to Falmouth, Howard became very much interested in the doings of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. It was housed in an old building which became a centre of the arts - drama, opera, ballet, painting, etc., and money was much needed for the upkeep of the place. .....the Polly, as it was always affectionately termed."

Read more here:Howard Spring: The Plays

Tall Ship Christian Radich Tug St Mawes 1966

The tall ship Christian Raddich, escorted by the Falmouth tug St. Mawes, leaves Falmouth at the start of the 1966 Tall Ships Race. Christian Raddich is well known for her starring role in the BBC TV drama series 'The Onedin Line' which ran from 1971 to 1980.

Robert Manry

Robert Manry arriving in Falmouth on 17 August 1965 in his diminutive yacht Tinkerbelle after crossing the Atlantic from Falmouth, Massachusetts in 78 days. Tinkerbelle, an extensively modified Old Town ‘Whitecap’, was a mere 13.5 feet (4.1 metres) long, and the smallest vessel ever to have made the crossing at that time.

Robin Knox-Johnston

Robin Knox-Johnston and his yacht Suhaili arriving off Falmouth on 22 April 1969 after the first-ever solo, non-stop circumnavigation. His reply of "Falmouth" to the challenge made by Falmouth’s Custom Officer "where from?" is on a par with those contemporary words of Neil Armstrong when he took his first step on the surface of the moon: "one small step for man...".

Photo copyright: Alison George, née Osborne

Cutty Sark and Foudroyant

Cutty Sark and Foudroyant moored in Falmouth Harbour ca 1920

Cutty Sark off Flushing

Cutty Sark was launched in 1869 and made her last passage under the British flag in 1895, carrying her biggest cargo of wool from Brisbane to London. She was then sold and sailed under the Portuguese flag for the next 27 years. 

In 1922 she was bought by Captain Wilfred Dowman, of Trevissome, Penryn, who brought her to Falmouth for restoration, where she remained until 1938.

Cutty Sark in Falmouth Dry Dock (1933)

On Captain Dowman’s death, his widow presented Cutty Sark to the Thames Nautical Training College at Greenhithe. She now lies at Greenwich, beautifully restored.

Foudroyant Falmouth 1900

Foudroyant, built of teak in Bombay, was launched as HMS Trincomalee, a Leda class frigate of the Royal Navy, on 12 October 1817. 

She was sold for scrap in 1897 and bought by Geoffrey Wheatley-Cobb.

Trincomalee

Foudroyant was renamed back to Trincomalee in 1992, and now lies afloat, fully restored at the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Hartlepool.

Trincomalee

Trincomalee is the oldest British warship afloat today, and the second oldest in the world after the USS Constitution in Boston, USA