Philip Reed describes his need to build model ships as an obsession. ‘At best, it provides total, meditative absorption,’ he says. ‘At worst, total frustration.’ Mr Reed’s background is in fine art, ...

A retired engineer living in a Ukrainian city under constant threat of bombing is making a replica model ship to be displayed in a Cornish museum. Vitaliy Vrubel is making a model of Ernest Shackleton ...

A replica of a famous ship has made its way to a Cornish museum from the Ukrainian war zone where it was built. The intricate model of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance was made by retired engineer ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “I’m a detective, really,” says Malcolm Darch of Salcombe, south Devon. “I never let anything pass me by.” ...

Ernie Pitts first began building model ships in an attempt to reduce his drinking. Almost 60 years later, the decision has proved a good one, with the hobby lasting much longer than the temptation of ...

Whilst the peak ship and boat building thrived from the early-1700s, the town has had a fishing fleet since at least the 14th century. The town also had many dry docks where ships were preserved and ...

The scale model of the Endurance and its story will now be part of a new exhibition at the Shipwreck Treasure museum A replica of a famous ship has made its way to a Cornish museum from the Ukrainian ...