Hull Rebuild on YouTube
Below: Medway Queen's move in July to allow Tongham to berth.
(Thanks to Janet Dyjak)
PS. Medway Queen is moored alongside Gillingham Pier
​​Medway Queen Preservation Society. Phone: 01634 575717
​Gillingham Pier, Pier Approach Road, Gillingham, Kent. ME7 1RX​​
*** New Volunteers are always welcome, come and talk to us***​
The Medway Queen was launched in 1924 and entered service on Thames estuary routes in May of that year. She was used as a minesweeper in WWII and is famous for her seven trips to Dunkirk in 1940. After the war she returned to her old route until 1963. From 1966 until 1974 she was a nightclub in the Isle of Wight. The ship was returned to the river Medway in 1984 and the hull has now been rebuilt with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.