New promotional wagons for Medway Queen are available. 

Based on Dapol box, vans these 00 gauge models commemorate Medway Queen’s part in the Dunkirk Evacuation of 1940. In May-June 1940 HMS Medway Queen made seven round trips to Dunkirk rescuing thousands of British, French and Belgian troops. The models are a departure from the usual “Gillingham Pier” theme and feature Ramsgate where Medway Queen landed her evacuee passengers on six of her seven trips. The models are available in two colours, as usual; dark brown and maroon.

Heritage Open Days have added a blog to their website - a history of Medway Queen illustrated by "8 curious objects".

A selection of 8 items from the MQPS or members' private collections that illustrate various periods in the ship's history.

​Well worth a look!

The example (left) is Jim Chivers' Dunquerque Medal. Jim was brought home from Dunkirk by HMS medway Queen and generously left his medals to the society when he died in June 2018. Jim had appeared in several documentary programmes about MQ and Dunkirk.

New addition to the website - Medway Queen's history in miniature.
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​The Medway Queen story in 1/1200 scale.

Top: HMS Tyne, sister ship of HMS Medway
Centre: Quickfire light armament
Bottom - The equivalent on HMS Medway Queen 1940

Medway Queen is affiliated to HMS Medway; a river class patrol vessel, commissioned in Chatham last September.
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Lieutenant Commander Jim Blythe, the current Commanding Officer of HMS Medway, has written with his best wishes for the Medway Queen Preservation Society. HMS Medway is currently deployed to the Caribbean where they will defend the nation’s security and promote UK interests. Lt. Cmdr. Blythe tells us that “the Caribbean is currently in a difficult situation. With the global pandemic and hurricane season around the corner the Caribbean nations now more than ever are looking towards us for assistance. We are therefore poised to act in whatever capacity they require.” He goes on to tell us that the ship has recently completed maintenance tasks and has embarked key stores so as to be ready to give assistance when a hurricane hits.  To “be able to deliver life-saving supplies to the worst affected areas.”

Lieutenant Commander Blythe has commanded mine-hunters in the past and was the navigator in HMS Cardiff during the 2005 Spithead Review. He was kind enough to comment that he found the mine-sweeping and Review of the Fleet chapters of our book “The Medway Queen” particularly interesting. Naturally we hope to welcome him and any other members of the ship’s company to Gillingham Pier and Medway Queen when visiting becomes possible again.​



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