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A party from both Southwark and Clapton paid a visit to HQS Wellington, home to the Master Mariners and moored on Kings Reach.

HMS Wellington was built at Devonport Dockyard in 1934. She was one of 13 Grimsby class warships built for service in the Commonwealth and Dependencies and from 1936 to 1939 she patrolled the waters around New Zealand.

At the outbreak of WWII HMS Wellington was recalled to perform convoy escort duties in the Atlantic. During six years of wartime service she rescued over 450 Merchant Navy seamen and was active at Dunkirk and the North African landings. She also shared the credit for sinking a U-Boat. Shortly after the end of the war she was retired and laid up at Pembroke Dock.

The Honorable Company of Master Mariners had been looking for a livery hall since 1939.

Oscar Reyes has just completed an exciting 6 day cruise aboard the Sea cadet square rigged brig TS Royalist joining the ship at Gosport and visiting a number of ports on the South coast.

Southwark Unit enjoyed a cold but sunny day out at Go Ape Leeds Castle for their Treetop Adventure, living life adventurously.

Cadets had fun on the high ropes, leaping off Tarzan Swings, and flying down huge zip wires!

Southwark Sea Cadet Unit take pride in supporting their local parade marching from the TA Centre in Baganza Street to Kennington Park for the service arranged by Southwark Royal British Legion. The turn out of cadets was excellent and included band and bugler for the ceremony. Well done to all who supported this important event.

A busy weekend started with the 2013 Lord Mayoes Show. 21 bands, 150 horses, 23 carriages, 7,000 participants - and a lot of rain, but it was all good fund for the Southwark cadets who helped to make up the marching platoon and float. The annual parade marks the inauguration of the 686th Lord Mayor of the City of London, Fiona Woolf. This is the second time in 800 years that a woman has been appointed as Lord Mayor. Half a million spectators were expected to watch the three-hour procession from Mansion House to the Royal Courts of Justice. The procession began on water, on the QRB Gloriana, the vessel made famous for leading the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant last year. The Lord Mayor boarded the flotilla at Vauxhall and sailed past Lambeth, Westminster, Waterloo, Blackfriars, London and Tower bridges before disembarking at HMS President near St Katharine docks. The Lord Mayor then joined the procession at Mansion House.