The Usn P22 Trust

Lovely couple of sunny days at Ramsgate for the Heritage Weekend!

A Great Heritage Open Weekend for P22 at Ramsgate on Friday and Sandwich on Saturday and Sunday with lots of visitors and positive comments. Pictured below is Mathew from Ramsgate with P22's very own Simon Todd at Sandwich today.

Barry Field taking P22 into Ramsgate's Inner Marina for the Heritage Open Day

Approaching Ramsgate this morning ready for the Heritage Open Day tomorrow (7thSeptember)

Perfect weather for the P22 cruise with guests down to Pegwell Bay on Sunday.

On 8th Sep at 11:00 USN P22 will arrive at Sandwich Quay to help celebrate The Heritage Weekend we will be open to the public for the whole weekend with a special show performed by Elvis on Saturday from 14:30 with a guest appearance by the Sandwich Belly Dancers. I hope you can make it!

On Thursday 6th at 08:30 U.S.N P22 will leave Sandwich Quay with uniformed crew and guests to arrive for 10:00 at Ramsgate Harbour's Heritage pontoon by the Maritime Museum. Throughout the day she will be open to War veterans and guests to visit, then open to the general public all day on Friday. P22 will leave at 10:00 on Saturday to take part of The Sandwich Heritage Weekend.

Sandwich at its glorious best in the rain

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Come and Meet the crew and see what life was like with the US Navy from the 1940s through to the 60s, have a tour over P22 and join in the experience. P22 is open every weekend during the summer and once a month the living history display comes to life. So why not come down to the quayside in Sandwich , bring a picnic or visit one of the many food outlets and make a day of it. If you want to prebook a tour for six people so you have the boat to yourself please contact us and make an enquiry there is a small charge for this private tour , otherwise normal tours are available throughout the opening times and we just ask if possible for a donation to the P22 charity which helps to keep her afloat.

Chief T's Report Another good weekend down at the quay on P22, Saturday was a bit on the blustery side , but we still had a steady flow of public coming aboard to look around. Saturday evening I was invited to go along to a Trustees meeting and put across some ideas and plans on how the LHDT (Living History Display Team), can help to bring P22 to life and raise some much needed funds, it was a very positive meeting and some information will appear in the near Future on the ou...tcomes, I was also given the honour of joining the committee, and responsibility of co ordinating all the Volunteers and so will be a voice for you the all. Sunday was a little damp, but there was an excellent turn out from the crew and along with the usual gang we had some fresh faces, welcome to Pete, Chris, Matt and Nikki. There was still a steady flow of visitors including some international guests , one of which actually served aboard one of P22s sister ships in service with the Belgian Navy, Walter was able to provide us with some great information which we will be able to share with future visitors to the boat. There will be another meet up soon so watch for further dates.
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1/ Trevor Shonk and Sue Graeme welcoming the young volunteer Jake Todd on board. 2/ P22 at her home port of Sandwich. 3/ Barry, Simon Todd and Rob helping promote P22 at the Southampton Boat Show. Simon Todd is now in charge of all volunteers wanting to help this special Cold War Museum exhibit at Sandwich Kent open at weekends, if you want a visit or to help the project please contact Simon through this site.

The USN P22 Trust.
Co-chair: Cllr Daniel Friend Co-chair: Paul Graeme Trustee: Steve Whitehouse
... Volunteers and Living History: Simon Todd
Secretary: Ginny Tritton
Committee Members: Steve Ruston Terry Kemp Colin Carr Barry Field John Clandillon-Baker
Heritage Advisor: Mady Outen
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Wonderful to see you and find out about the boat in Dunkirk... great to see you at Southampton Boat Show

Had a brilliant visit during the Thanet Heritage Days. Really friendly crew who are clearly very proud of USN P22 as they should be it is stunning.

Excellent tour from Capt.Barry - Lovingly restored vessel, well worth a visit

Capt. Barry and crew great tour on boat - keep up the good work.

Absolutely must visit if you see it, the tour is well worth it

Wonderful to see you and find out about the boat in Dunkirk... great to see you at Southampton Boat Show

Had a brilliant visit during the Thanet Heritage Days. Really friendly crew who are clearly very proud of USN P22 as they should be it is stunning.

Excellent tour from Capt.Barry - Lovingly restored vessel, well worth a visit

Capt. Barry and crew great tour on boat - keep up the good work.

Absolutely must visit if you see it, the tour is well worth it

Wonderful to see you and find out about the boat in Dunkirk... great to see you at Southampton Boat Show

Had a brilliant visit during the Thanet Heritage Days. Really friendly crew who are clearly very proud of USN P22 as they should be it is stunning.

Excellent tour from Capt.Barry - Lovingly restored vessel, well worth a visit

Capt. Barry and crew great tour on boat - keep up the good work.

Absolutely must visit if you see it, the tour is well worth it