Lydia Eva (steam drifter)
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 The Lydia Eva |
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | Lydia Eva. HMS Watchmoor |
| Owner: | Harry Eastick of Gorleston-on-Sea. Mr. Geoffrey Banes of Caenarvonshire Yacht Company. Maritime Trust. Lydia Eva Charitable Trust Ltd. |
| Operator: | Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Ltd. |
| Port of registry: | Great Yarmouth |
| Builder: | Kings Lynn Slipway Co. Ltd. |
| Laid down: | 1930 |
| In service: | Regular experience / passenger days |
| Identification: | Port Number YH89 |
| Status: | Museum: Floating |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Sidewinder trawler |
| Tonnage: | 138 grt 64 net |
| Length: | 95 ft (29 m) |
| Beam: | 20.6 ft (6.3 m) |
| Depth: | 9.8 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power: | Engine: 1930, Crabtree & Co. (R.H. Hutchinson), Triple Expansion, 10" + 17" + 28" x 20". Boiler: 1961, Stockton Chemical Engineers & Riley Boilers Ltd., RT Scotch. |
The Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fishing fleet based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1] The Great Yarmouth herring fleet had made the town the major herring port in the world in the early part of the 20th century.
References [edit]
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
External links [edit]
- Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited - official museum site
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