‘Fiona Jane’ GY.1406 and ‘Sorrento’ GY.417 on the slipways 1987
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‘Fiona Jane’ GY.1406 and ‘Sorrento’ GY.417 on the slipways 1987.

Grimsby Fish Docks

From the original negative. A photo taken on 30th December 1987.

The seiner ‘Veronica’ E.465 was built in 1947 by Jensen & Lauridsen’s Skibsbyggeri, Esbjerg. She moved to Grimsby in 1967 as ‘Veronica’ GY.1406. In 1969 she was renamed ‘Fiona Jane’ GY.1406 when she was owned by Bridges & Salmon. Broken up in 1995.

The seiner ‘Sorrento’ GY.417 was built in Denmark in 1974. Still afloat but not fishing.