Grimsby Fish Docks

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Brass carbide lamp made by the Coal, Salt & Tanning Co., Grimsby circa early C20.

‘Edith Borum’ GY.117 arriving at Grimsby and in the locks 1982

From an original, unique negative. ‘Edith Borum’ GY.117 was built in Denmark in 1968 and arrived at Grimsby as a new seine netter. She once sank in the dock and had to be refloated.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 on a slip at Grimsby 1966.

Handwritten, numerical lists of Grimsby registered trawlers and owners; every year from 1947 to 1968.

A faceplate from an engine order telegraph supplied by a Grimsby company c1910-1920.

‘Celtic Mor’ DH.43 at Grimsby after sinking in the Humber 1990s.

Grimsby Ice Factory; loading ice into barrels on a Scammell lorry c1960.

‘Vigilantes’ GY.179 arriving at Lowestoft 1960s.

‘Northern Queen’ GY.124 sailing 1973.

‘Collingwood’ GY.1229 with Naval personnel on the bridge c1917.

‘Carlo’ GY.1407 1983.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 in the locks arriving home 1966.

‘Barnsley’ GY.651 arriving at Grimsby 1972.

‘Wilson Line’ KY.322, the last steam drifter built in the UK, sailing from Lowestoft c1950s

From the original, medium format negative. A steel, steam, fishing drifter built in 1932 by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen for William C. & J. B. Wilson, Whitley Bay. Kirkcaldy registered. Requisitioned during WW2 as a hospital drifter. Sold to Yarmouth in 1956 and registered as ‘Wilson Line’ YH.105. The original Alexander Hall & Co. […]