The tug ‘Lady Alma’ in the Royal Dock, Grimsby 1966.
From the original, medium format negative.
Built in 1966 by Charles D. Holmes and Co. Ltd., Beverley. Believed to be still in use in Trinidad and Tobago.
From the original, medium format negative.
Built in 1966 by Charles D. Holmes and Co. Ltd., Beverley. Believed to be still in use in Trinidad and Tobago.

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

The tug ‘Lady Constance’ in the Royal Dock, Grimsby (detail) 1966

The tug ‘Lady Constance’ in the Royal Dock, Grimsby 1966

‘Lady Vera’ & ‘Lady Sarah’ steam tugs at Grimsby 1966

The tug ‘Ala’ at Lowestoft; formerly the Grimsby tug ‘Herbert Crampin’ 1988

Tugs in the Fish Dock 1966

Tug ‘Lady Susan’ on slip Grimsby 1990s