Grimsby Commercial Docks

The tug ‘Criccieth’ c1920s/1930s

A collection of 112 old photos of tugs.

A faceplate from an engine order telegraph supplied by a Grimsby company c1910-1920.

MV ‘Petunia’ in the Royal Dock at Grimsby c1963 – Photo 2.

MV ‘Petunia’ in the Royal Dock at Grimsby c1963 – Photo 1.

‘The Dejeuner at Great Grimsby’ held prior to the opening of the Royal Dock in 1852

TS ‘Sørlandet’ leaving Grimsby in 1965.

Fishing smacks and the Dock Tower, Grimsby c1910.

Ships in the Royal Dock, Grimsby c1905.

The opening of Corporation Bridge, Alexandra Dock, Grimsby by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales K.G. on 19th July 1928.

SS ‘Staveley’, a passenger and freight vessel on he Grimsby-Hamburg route c1910.

MV ‘Nordkyn’ (Trondheim) unloading in the Royal Dock, Grimsby 1994.

Accumulator Tower, Royal Dock, Grimsby 1994.

Three Grimsby built, ton-class, coastal minesweepers back at Grimsby for refits 1963.

PS ‘Lincoln Castle’ returning to Grimsby’s Royal Dock after a pleasure cruise September 1975.

Royal Dock and Dock Tower, Grimsby by Francis Frith 1890.

Tug ‘Zephyr’ at Grimsby 1990s.

Doig’s Creek; showing the wreck of the MV ‘Reliant’ and the old Haven Dock lock gates c1991.

‘Godafoss’ in the Royal Dock, Grimsby 1966.

PS ‘Wingfield Castle’ arriving at the Royal Dock basin, Grimsby c1935.

Sailing barge ‘Thyra’ (Rochester) arriving at the Royal Dock, Grimsby (Photo 2) 1965.

Sailing barge ‘Thyra’ (Rochester) arriving at the Royal Dock, Grimsby 1965.

Raising a pleasure craft from Alexandra Dock, Grimsby 1966.

London & North Eastern Railway – Grimsby Docks map 1940 (detail).


