A striking photograph by Ford Jenkins of 11 London Road N., Lowestoft. ‘Grimsby’ is hand-written on the back of the photo. Lowestoft trawlers often operated from Grimsby so the location could well be correct.
The trawler on the left is LT.336. We believe the name to be ‘Coast Breeze’. She was scrapped in 1957.
“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
Robin Francis Coleman13 November 2024
These boats are all operating as herring drifters, as opposed to trawlers.
Lowestoft Trawlers in Grimsby Fish Docks
‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 berthed at Grimsby in the 1970s
‘Northern Foam’ GY.490 and other trawlers on the slips at Grimsby 1952
‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 at Grimsby in 1958
Fraserburgh motor herring drifters at Grimsby c1960s
‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 arriving at Grimsby 1959
