Lydia Eva (steam drifter)
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| 300px The Lydia Eva | |
| Career (England) | 70px |
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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 Trust. |
| Port of registry: | Great Yarmouth |
| Builder: | Kings Lynn Slipway Co. Ltd. |
| Laid down: | 1930 |
| Identification: | Port Number YH89 |
| Status: | Museum: floating |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sidewinder trawler |
| Tonnage: | 138 grt 64 net |
| Length: | 95 feet (29 m) |
| Beam: | 20.6 feet (6.3 m) |
| Depth: | 9.8 feet (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 of the world in the early part of the 20th century.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
External links
- Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited - official museum site
File:Lydia Eva Steam Drifter.jpg
Lydia Eva at Great Yarmouth
File:Triple Expansion Steam Engine.jpg
The Steam engine
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