What is the World Ship Society?

The World Ship Society is an international non-profit making association formed by people interested in the sea and in ships. It is presently the most important association of maritime interests in the world.

The World Ship Society was formed in the UK in 1946 and since then has continued its expansion world-wide bringing together researchers and ship lovers with a common interest in maritime matters. At present it is represented in more than fifty countries and has more than four thousand members.

The sole object of the World Ship Society is to promote interest in ships and maritime subjects. To achieve this, meetings are held with films, slide shows, photographic competitions, conferences or simply discussion on maritime themes. Visits to ships, ports, shipyards and sites of maritime interest are organised. Occasionally cruises or short maritime excursions are also organised.

World Ship Society Spanish Branch (Sucursal Española World Ship Society)

The WSS offers the opportunity for members to establish branches, either regional/local or national. In anglo-saxon countries with a large number of members there are regional/local branches while in countries with less members the branches are national as in the case of the Spanish Branch. (SEWSS)

As a result of interest shown by WSS members resident in Spain in 2001, the Spanish Branch was formed and its inaugural meeting was held in Madrid on November 3rd. of that year.

To be a member of the SEWSS it is necessary to be a member of the World Ship Society.

What does the Spanish Branch offer?

The Spanish Branch offers its members:

• Annual General Reunion at which the AGM is held. A series of activities relating to maritime subjects is also organised. The Reunions are held in a different place each year with the provision that it is a city or town with a port.
• Regional or local monthly meetings
• The opportunity to make new friends within a maritime environment
• MARINE NEWS the official monthly publication of the WSS
• Discount on books published by the WSS
• Access to the Archives and Library maintained in Málaga with lending service.
• Web Page www.sewss.org with possibility to publish photographs and articles.
• Mutual Interests: a possibility to contact WSS members who share the same maritime interests.
• Ship Information Service and access to the Archives at Chatham (UK).
• Acces to the photographic library of the WSS.
• Interchange of photographs.
• The prestige of belonging to one of the most important maritime associations in the world which covers the needs of researchers and those interested in maritime subjects.