It was revived in 1981 as The HMT Lancastria Association, largely on the initiative its first President, Brian Reynolds We meet our objectives by holding meetings and services, both on a national and a regional basis and by making pilgrimages to the St Nazaire area, visiting cemeteries where victims are buried, and the wreck itself Our last major pilgrimage to St Nazaire was in 2005 to mark the 65th anniversary of the tragedy Our membership now includes approximately 75 survivors of the disaster, some now living as far away as North America, Australia, and New Zealand