For my wife's birthday we booked on to SS Shieldhall's 66th Birthday trip from Southampton to Nab Tower and around the Solent. From the moment we arrived, the organisation of the Shieldhall team was brilliant, easily parked, guided to the ship, everything was really well organised. Once on board the ship was spotlessly clean and well presented, a real credit to the team of volunteers who look after her. The entire day was really relaxed and thoroughly enjoyable, and throughout the day, we were made to feel incredibly welcome by the entire crew, whether the staff in the shop, the engineering crew in the engine room, or the crew on the Bridge. Nothing was too much trouble and all questions were answered with an enthusiastic smile. We will definitely do another trip with Shieldhall and her crew!

Booked the Round the island Yacht race 2021- for my husband and I , was a bit unsure what to expect aside seeing the race up close with some fantastic yachts, the steamships volunteers were brilliant, they were all genuinely wanting to make the trip special, the friendliest volunteers I've ever come across and looked as though were enjoying being there and being with one another too . Captain of the ship and crew on the bridge were so informative about the race, history of the ship and the sights, landmarks along the solent . I usually zone out but today it was all just the right combination of information and intermittently! Which is a skill in itself. Safety measures in place , plenty of sanitizer stations I would definitely recommend supporting this vessel and planning a trip, be it half a day or a full day. I know we are now looking at dates and booking our next trip and bringing friends along too. God bless them all , Volunteers for having that passion ! Stay safe

Fantastic. We are both local but still learnt a thing or two about the area we live thanks to silky/Joanna Lumley style voice Judith , who if ever the ship was going down, she would have the ability to calm any panicked passenger to stay and listen to her. Thanks to two lovely lady volunteers (sorry don't catch their names) they advised that we could visit the steam room, John did so and thought it was brilliant, we both went to the bridge, where we met Volunteer Ray (font of all knowledge) was such a lovely chap who I could talk to forever. Volunteer Dan who turned out to work on a ship with Johns Dad back in the day and bless him he sent over some photos of Johns dad. It was a great day out but i must say mainly due to the Volunteers who were all so interesting, friendly and polite. Oh, and if you are on the ship, you must have one of their bacon rolls, all food and drink was affordable and well-priced even though they have a captured audience, they didn’t take the micky. Will go again next year to on another trip.