The RRS Discovery s a vessel packed with history and full of Scott-ish pride in Dundee
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The RRS Discovery s a vessel packed with history and full of Scott-ish pride in Dundee
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Updated: April 9, 2021, 6:27 pm
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Jeff can be seen third from right alongside the rest of Discovery s final crew.
After a year of planning, gaining permissions and securing funding Jeff Lonsdale was one of six men that would make up RRS Discovery’s final crew as she boarded the Happy Mariner and set off on her final voyage to her home city in April 1986.
At the time Jeff headed up the Dundee Project who were instrumental in bringing the 120 year old ship back to the shores where she was built. For Jeff the 12 months of organisation was worth it when he boarded the Discovery in London and witnessed the process of transporting her up the north sea.
Windmill Bar visit and marmalade mishap in Keiller’s: Prince Philip’s Tayside and Fife trips remembered by Graeme Strachan and Louise Gowans April 9 2021, 4.45pm
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Keiller s Mains Loan, Dundee in 1955.
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The Duke of Edinburgh had a deep love for Scotland and made some memorable appearances in Tayside and Fife during his life.
In amongst his trips was a Queen’s Jubilee visit to Dundee in 1977 where he turned to verse for regulars of the Windmill Bar and proved he was a prince among men.