11/02/2025
National Historic Ships UK's Small Grants Scheme gives grants of up to £1,000 to vessels on the National Registers for Conservation management planning; Surveys; and Remedial works demanding specialist and/ or expensive materials. Our guidance manual Conserving Historic Vessels sets out the approaches we expect to see owners and custodians adopting in maintaining and conserving our maritime heritage.
The Small Grants Scheme is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, as well as from our Historic Ships Insurance scheme with Winter & Co (Marine) Ltd. The Historic Vessel Policies are specially designed, and exclusively for, vessels on the Registers. For each new policy bought or renewed, a percentage will be donated to our Small Grants Scheme, so that money goes back into helping historic vessel owners like you.
The NHS-UK Small Grants Scheme is always oversubscribed, and the Panel has to make some difficult decisions about what we can fund with the money available. This year, we received 27 applications and awarded ten grants.
The following vessels were supported by Winter & Co (Marine) Ltd:
- Bristol (1936 Narrowboat, Braunston) - £1,000 towards the cost of new gunnels.
- Happy Return (1904 Mounts Bay Pilchard Driver, Penzance) - £1,000 towards remedial work.
- Kerne (1912 Steam Tug, Liverpool - National Historic Fleet) - £500 towards an ultrasonic thickness test.
- One (1830 Oyster Smack, Gweek) - £1,000 towards remedial work.
- Our Daddy (1921 Looe Lugger, Brixham) - £1,000 towards a laser scan.
- Pilgrim (1895 Brixham Trawler, Brixham - National Historic Fleet) - £600 towards tools and materials.
- Saturn (1906 Shropshire Union Fly-Boat, Shropshire Union Canal) - £700 towards wet docking.
- The Chieftain (1948 Liverpool Class Lifeboat, Whitstable, Kent) - £600 towards propeller work.
- TID 164 (1945 Steam Tug, Chatham - National Historic Fleet)
£500 towards a survey.
The following vessel was supported by National Historic Ships UK:
- Hardy (1940 Motor Canal Boat Tanker, Banbury) - £500 towards a survey.
Congratulations to all of our Awardees!
