HMS GANGES MUSEUM

The Museum is currently located within Enright Block, the old Engineering School of the former HMS Ganges site which closed in 1972. The building was renamed Victoria House and is now part of Shotley Marina.

From humble beginnings a few keen Ganges Boys started by securing a space for the museum and collected some initial artefacts. Since then the museum content has grown substantially over the years and the archives provide a valuable resource for those researching family who trained at HMS Ganges as boys.

Today the museum is still maintained and run by a team of volunteers, many of whom are Ganges Boys.

MUSEUM PREPARATIONS

STAGE ONE - A BLANK CANVAS

GATHERING MUSEUM ARTEFACTS

STAGE TWO - GOING FAR AND WIDE

COLLECTION OF THE HONOUR BOARD FROM THE ROYAL NAVY MUSEUM, PORTSMOUTH

MUSEUM DISPLAYS

STAGE THREE - WHERE'S IT ALL GOING?

MUSEUM OPENING PREPARATIONS

THE FINAL STAGE - GETTING READY TO OPEN

THE HONOUR BOARD IN SITU

A GENERAL VIEW OF SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

THE REFURBISHMENT OF "FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY"

THE MUSEUM OPENS - WE made It
Welcome aboard!

Museum attendants on aN open day