​MEDWAY QUEEN

PIER ACTIVITY ARCADE

Welcome to our "Pier Arcade" activities page.  Our aim is to provide a little entertainment while sneaking in a bit of information on our ship, Medway Queen. 

​This page is for amusement only - as with most amusement arcades on piers, or anywhere else, you have no chance of winning worthwhile prizes! However, if you can make a good job of a colouring sheet or writing challenge we'll try to find room for it on the website.

Some items can be downloaded as files which you can then look at on line or print off onto paper, as you wish.

We'll start with jigsaw puzzles. Click on the link.
You can pick the puzzle you want to do and set the number of pieces as you like. 

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Click for Jigsaws

Next there's a crossword puzzle. It has been on our website for a while and we have printed copies available at Gillingham Pier. Now you can download and print your own copy.

Download Crossword PUZZLE

Our friend here will help you. Click on his picture for the answers

COLOURING SHEETS

How good are you at colouring? Here are two pictures of PS Medway Queen which you can download and colour in. If you make a good job of it scan it to a JPG file, or get someone to do it for you, and send it to us. We'll display some here on the website. Make sure you ask a grown up and that they are happy for your picture and name to be shown here. Click on the picture to download it for printing.

Better Still - Draw your own picture of the ship or any part of the ship and send that in. Look at the website for ideas. If you live locally or have visited PS Medway Queen before you can send a photo. Send to press@medwayqueen.co.uk - JPG files only please.

WRITER'S CHALLENGE
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Can you write a story about Medway Queen maybe you know somebody who worked on board or who travelled regularly. Perhaps a relative served on board during the war. If not, can you image what it would be like sailing across the estuary to Southend with it's long pier or hunting mines in the North Sea during the war.

Write a short story in your own very best handwriting or typed if you can and send it to press@medwayqueen.co.uk . We'll show it on the website and, if it's really good, publish it in our members' magazine when space permits.

If writing a story doesn't appeal to you, how about a poem?

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Quick Quiz – 20 Questions

1. Where is Medway Queen berthed now?
2. In which year was Medway Queen launched?
3. How was Medway Queen powered?
4. Where did the Captain guide the ship from?
5. How is a ship like Medway Queen steered?
6. What happened to Medway Queen in 1939?
7. What sort of ship did Medway Queen become during the Second World War?
8. What colour was she painted in wartime?
9. How many times did Medway Queen and her crew sail to Dunkirk in the evacuation?
10. Where was HMS Medway Queen’s biggest gun mounted?
11. What did Medway Queen do after the war?
12. Which town on the other side of the Thames did Medway Queen sail to most often?
13. What did day-trippers like to eat on Medway Queen?
14. What did Medway Queen do after her excursion trips stopped?
15. Where was Medway Queen rebuilt in 2009-2013?
16. How did Medway Queen get back to Kent after that rebuild?
17. In what colours is Medway Queen painted now?
18. What is happening to Medway Queen in Gillingham?
19. Who is doing the work on Medway Queen?
20. Would you like to come and see Medway Queen for yourself?

Our friendly expert here will help you. Just click on his picture for the answers

SPOT THE DIFFERENCES

Click the image  to see the files. 

WORD SEARCH

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​Master Quiz - This one is more difficult. You might want to explore the Medway Queen website to find the answers

1. What was the date of Medway Queen’s original launching and which saint’s day is this?
2. What were the names of Medway Queen’s pre-war captains?
3. Which seaside towns were on Medway Queen’s regular excursion route?
4. In which year was she converted for oil firing of her boiler?
5. What was the date of HMS Medway Queen’s first trip to Dunkirk during the wartime evacuation?
6. Who was Captain of HMS Medway Queen at the time of Dunkirk?
7. From which ship did Medway Queen famously rescue the crew and soldiers in 1940?
8. How was Medway Queen protected from magnetic mines?
9. What was HMS Medway Queen’s role in the latter stages of WWII?
10. In which year did Medway Queen restart her seaside excursion duties?
11. What big event did the ship take part in in 1953?
12. When did Medway Queen retire from her excursion work?
13. Where was The Medway Queen Club?
14. Who started The Medway Queen Club in 1965/66?
15. When was Medway Queen brought back to the river Medway after being used as a club?
16. Which organisation funded the rebuild of Medway Queen’s hull?
17. When did Medway Queen arrive at Gillingham Pier?
18. On which days is Medway Queen usually open to the public?
19. What is the lower aft saloon used for at present?
20. What facilities does the MQPS have onshore?