The first issue of the Friends' magazine, “Quarterdeck”, appeared in February 1994, originally as 4 sides of A4. 

In Spring 2004 the magazine was first produced in A5 size with three issues a year until the last magazine of Autumn 2025.

Up to Summer 2016 these were usually in black and white. (Many of the illustrations relating to the ship only exist in black and white.)

Articles tend to be about the history of HMS Trincomalee, and people associated with the ship throughout its long history – from its building and launch in 1817 to its restoration in Hartlepool in the late twentieth century.

By clicking on the appropriate issue's front cover picture below, you can freely obtain a PDF version, of any of the issues, from the first ever in 1994 up to the last one of Autumn 2025.