From the original, medium format negative.
Built in 1966 by Boele’s Scheepswerven & Machinefabriek N.V., Bolnes, Holland for Blue Star Line Ltd. MV ‘Deben’ has been sold on a few times with changes of name. Last known flying the Bolivian flag.
An Imagined Blue Plaque for Fred Bacon (1874–1966), Founder of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District YMCA
Grimsby
“I wrote about this being my grandfather's boat - he was the engineer. It was first registered as INS 11 and is pronounced Pit-gay-vnay not Pit-gav-enny.”
Libby Lamb, 21 October 2026
“My grandfather was the engineer on this drifter when she was fishing out of Lossiemouth and then working as a minesweeper at Scapa Flow from 1915.”
Libby Lamb, 20 October 2026
“Stuart sent me a framed photo of the above photo. He was a dear friend of many years through first knowing his dear wife and lovely son.It is with great saddnessto learn of Stuarts death we emailed regularly ,he was a humble lovely person.I am chronically sick and bedbound ,Stuart's emails were always a pleasure to read and reply to.He was a nan of great integrity and humilityand the world has been better for him being part of itHow lovely ifa BleuePlaque could be erected fir himit is richly deserved.A lovely man who will be n greatly missed”
Cathy James, 19 October 2026
‘MV Fram’, registered in Stokholm, in the Union Dock, Grimsby 1965
SS ‘Dewsbury’ at Grimsby c1920s/1930s
MV ‘Lagnö’ at Grimsby c1960
MV ‘Petunia’ in the Royal Dock at Grimsby c1963 – Photo 2
MV ‘Petunia’ in the Royal Dock at Grimsby c1963 – Photo 1
The tug ‘Lady Constance’ in the Royal Dock, Grimsby (detail) 1966
