Marshall’s Flour Mill is in the background.
Built in 1920 by Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. of Selby, SS Misley was a cargo ship. She was known as SS Mistley from 1952 until 1957 when she was wrecked on Reefdyke Rocks, North Ronaldsay.
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
Ross Renown GY666 in No. 1 Graving Dock, Grimsby c1966
‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 slipped at Grimsby in 1956
‘Croxby’ GY.642 slipped at Grimsby 1950s
‘Sisapon’ GY.381 in No. 1 Graving Dock, Grimsby 1965
View of No. 2 Dock from an ice conveyor; ‘Churchill’ GY.585 in dock 1957
‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 slipped at Grimsby in 1968
