An Admiralty mooring anchor from the Mars. It was probably cut loose in the 1800s and recovered from the sea about 1974.
Article from the Dundee Courier about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor in 1975.
Framed view towards Woodhaven with Mars boats in foreground. Rock House stands on the shore beside the harbour. This was originally the granary for the St Fort Estate. While the Mars training ship was anchored offshore, the building was used as a hospital for the boys, and during World War II it housed the officers of ...
Mars boys peek out from their hammocks.
Article from Mars Mainsheet, Wormit Boating Club’s newsletter, about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor.
Set of four photos of the Mars training ship and some of the Mars boys (framed).
The Mars training ship from Woodhaven pier, where some of the ship's crew are casting off in their boat.
A view of the Mars training ship from Woodhaven pier c. 1890. The young local lads swimming off the end of the pier must have wondered what life on board was like.
The Francis Molison was used to provide the Mars boys with more seagoing skills and nautical experience. Here they show off their agility as they take up their positions all over the ship's masts and rigging.
This photo shows the Mars at anchor off Woodhaven, with some of the boys standing on the slip.
Four postcard views of St Fort House, Mars Training Ship and Newport from Highfield, Wormit.
A postcard showing the Mars Boys spelling Happy New Year on Woodhaven Railway embankment (now the nature trail). The Mars can be seen behind.
A postcard showing the memorial at Woodhaven Pier to the Mars boys killed in WWI, with the ship behind.
This postcard shows the Francis Molison, a boat used by the Mars boys to gain seamanship skills and experience, berthed at Woodhaven Pier. The Mars is on the water behind.
A wintry view from West Newport looking past the Mars training ship towards the new railway bridge. Probably photographed around 1890.
A photograph of Sandy Rankine at Woodhaven Pier, with the Mars in the background, 1926. Sandy's family owned the joinery workshop above the pier (now known as Old Boathouse) and he lived in a cottage right on the Woodhaven bend until the 1990s.
A sea of faces - the Mars boys en masse on deck
The Mars boys in the classroom on board the Mars.
A drawing showing the main parts of the Mars
Photograph of a watercolour of the Mars from the east
The Mars at anchor off Woodhaven. Note Dundee and the Law in the smog.
The full ship's complement - boys and crew around 1870
This photograph shows the Mars being towed away by the tug Bulger on 27 June 1929, destined for the breaker's yard.
The Mars ready for its departure from the Tay with the steam tug Bulger.