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Supersonic Car Joins Navy Days 2010 Line-Up!
          Click here for further information...

Click here for event advert on Navy Days 2010...
and Click here for further information on their website.

Armed Forces Day      

Saturday 26th June 2010
2pm-4.30pm

FREE EVENT in Victory Arena - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Once again the National Museum of the Royal Navy, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, is welcoming veterans of all ages to mark Armed Forces Day on the 26th June, only this year it will be bigger and better than ever!........

Click here for further details...

We receive many queries re historic boats, which can, often as not, be best answered by reference to the publications listed here. These publications are available to you by contacting the email address provided, and are well worth adding to your library, for their fascinating content.

Click here for World Ship Society – Small Craft Group Publications

ML1387 afloat again, and under way. Re-launched at 10:30 on March 1st 2010 after a long restoration, at the Hythe Boatyard near Southampton. Mike Boyce and Alan Watson have done a magnificent job getting her so well finished. Long may she sail.

HDML 1387 Medusa on the slip at Hythe Southampton, ready for launch on March 1st 2010, after a long restoration.

Click here to read an interesting article from Australia.

If anyone can be of assistance, please get in touch with Ted Browne - send an email.

HMVS Cerberus. 1868.

The British Military Powerboat Trust and the merger with the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust 2009

The British Military Powerboat Trust (BMPT) was formed in 1999, and secured premises at the Husbands Shipyard sheds, Marchwood, Southampton.

The object was to create a centre of excellence covering the restoration of military powerboats, and display these both on the water, as well as in a museum scenario....

Click here to visit page for PNBPTrust

Historic Boats Section - November 2009 Newsletter - Click here

MTB102 NEWSLETTER - AUTUMN 2009 - Click here

The British Powerboat Company existed at hythe near southampton from before WW2. During the war the company built fast attack craft, and here is the story of one employed there, during that time. Should you have any comments, or know of anyone else who could add their history, please click on the links to contact either Tony Martin or Richard Hellyer.

Click here to read the introduction (pdf)
Click here to read the full story (pdf)

Coastal Motorboat Heritage Trust.
As our website has not been updated for a while, we have asked the BMPTeam for assistance in this respect.

See our latest news about MGB 81 and HSL 102, RASC 34 Garth, and our Chatham Trip (we were regrettably unable to undertake this trip, due to adverse weather conditions).

Click here to read more and find out about our future events beginning with a Firework party and “Burn an old Boat Bonfire” (Not ours!) on 5th November 2009.

RASC Garth (34) is being run by John Cook within his Trust, Coastal Motorboat Heritage Trust - see www.coastalmotorboat.org.uk.

John would welcome any assistance with the running of the boat , in all spheres, repair and maintenance, operating and funding.

If you can assist John at all, click here to send him an email.

Good luck John and keep up the excellent work.

Memories of RAF Marine Craft.
Here is a personal history from one who served in RAF Marine craft - click for PDF.
There are surely, many reading this who must have tales to tell?
By recording them, we can keep history alive for those who have no idea
what went on so long ago.
Please let me know if you would like to add your history to these pages.
Richard. Click here to send an email

After many years searching, we are finally able to offer you a place to find us.

Whilst we are no longer the British Military Powerboat Trust as you will have known us, we are now merged with, and part of the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust.

This is situated in the Historic Dockyard Portsmouth, and may be found from the link on the Home page. Our boats are added to the expanding boat collection at the Historic Dockyard, and we hope that you will come and visit the Dockyard and experience all the historic attractions contained within its ancient walls.

Thank you all for your  support, and of this website, and we hope that you will continue to use it. We will be adding the PNBPT newsletters, as well as the boats in the PNBPT collection, to Yardarm.

ST1502 berthed at Shed 4, with the masts of HMS Victory visible top left.

Many have asked if the website will continue after the Trust has closed down...

Thanks to the expertise of our web provider Forest Design we have been able to change to British Military Powerboat Team, so the BMPT, and www.bmpt.org will remain in active service for as long as you all make use of the site.

My direct email will remain as is (click here), and any suggestions or news items should be posted on the appropriate Forum discussion module.

The motto "use it or lose it" will be the motivator, so it is up to you. Many thanks for all the support so far, and I hope the site will continue to give good service for a while yet. Richard Hellyer.

On the 11th July, ST1502 attended the Regimental Family Day at Marchwood. The boat took out a number of service families for a trip on the Solent. Here our Chairman Peter baillie, our president Julian Lewis MP, Colonel Ed Newman, crew Joshua Armstrong and Terry Ford prepare for their trip. It was miserable weather day, as was the previous Family Day, but still enjoyed by many.

With the loss of our BMPT shed facility at Marchwood, we were very lucky to have been offered a home for the RASC Humber, by one of our members.

George Black took ownership of the boat and her correct launching trailer, and bore the cost of having her removed by road to his large farm shed in Norfolk. She has been well looked after there for a number of years, and has now been moved to a boatyard for renovation to active service. George has had her removed from his farm to the MTB102 Trust/Newsons Boatyard in Lowestoft.

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