We would like to thank the following contributors who have all assisted with the development of the exhibition celebrating Sir Francis Chichester's achievements in the Southern Latitudes

HRH Princess Anne

Desmond Hampton

Bill Bartlett

Houses of Parliament archives department

Shackleton Archives

Bruce Maxwell

Paul Gelder - “Editor of Yachting Monthly Magazine”

Sanctuary Cove Security

Howard Heeley

HMS Protector Association

Ocean Magazine

Offshore Magazine

Richard - "WingNet"

Richard Hack General Manager Taurus Logistics Ltd

Herald & Weekly Times Pty Ltd

Aidan Wallace Nautalia

Doug McCarthy

Picture Library Manager National Maritime Museum Greenwich

Plymouth and West Devon Records Office

Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand

Ratsey& Lapthorn

H.M.S. Protector Association.Website 

The National Trust

Richard Peacock. Daniamant Ltd.  

Armstrong Noble

Rob Kothe Managing Editor Sail World

Pasquale Cirillo Architects

St Andrews Church – United Kingdom

Mr. Stan March

Marlborough College

Plymouth & West Devon Record Office

Movietone

Richard Childs

County Archivist West Sussex Record Office

Forces Reunited Ltd.

Chris Bray

Howard Heeley,  Museum Trustee, Newark Air Museum

Mallacoota Township & Life Saving Association

Ian Hutton – Curator – The Lord Howe Island Museum

Bruce Keeling

Martine Guillemin - Thought Equity Motion

Susan Tomkins - Heritage Education Officer and Archivist to Lord Montague

New Zealand Map Society

Peter Stone, Oceans Enterprises

Guy Featherstone

Shell Historical Archivist.

Cantiere F.lli Marchi

Hannah Baker Archives -  Middle Temple.org.uk

Peter Lewis -New Zealand aviation

Museum Of New Zealand

David McCreary = Editor Scuttleboat Europe

Mark Bergin Publisher - woodenboat.com.au

Richard Bagnall

José Henrique Azevedo Peter Café Sport

RYS Archivist Royal Yacht Squadron  Isle of Wight

RAF MATES.co.uk

Department of Research & Information

Services Royal Air Force Museum 

Beth Tyerman

Records Manager Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Hans Houterman

RAF Museum London

Alan Mills Librarian State Reference Service State Library of Tasmania

Peter Nash Editor Boating Business

Alex Ziolkowski

Silverstream & Pinehave Community Associations – New Zealand

A special thanks to Melinda whose devotion to research and efforts that have made this collection possible.

Sir Francis Chichester receives his Accolade of Knighthood from the Queen at a ceremony at

Greenwich, recalling another ceremony, nearly four hundred years ago, at Deptford, when

Sir Frances Drake was Knighted using the same sword

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