Ships of wood and Men of iron, them old Wivenhoe boy's

Captain and crew of the steam yacht Venitia, collecting for the Titanic disaster in 1912-3 outside the grosvenor hotel in maldon road Colchester
In 1915 the Venitia was requisitioned for the first world war , most of her crew probably volunteered to go with her.
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picture courtesy of the Nottage institute