Grimsby Fish Docks

Please let us know if you can offer an interesting ‘exhibit’ for this page. You must own the original item and we require a good quality ‘.jpg’ image file. We cannot use images copied from other websites, books, eBay etc.

Vesta cases are small portable boxes made to contain matches and keep them dry. (In the United States, vesta cases are known as match safes.)

Cleaning fish at sea by ‘Jay Em Jay Gy Series’, Grimsby c1909.

Lowestoft Trawlers in Grimsby Fish Docks.

Grimsby steam trawlers laid up during the 1901 strike. Early ‘Jay Em Jay Series’ postcard; posted to West Keal Rectory in July 1904. GY302 ‘Lynton’ GY492 ‘Egyptian’ GY392 “Canadian’

Simons & Moore receipt from 1923.

Fred Smith of Compass House, Grimsby; 1957 advertisement.

Sir Thomas Robinson & Son (Grimsby) Ltd.; 1957 job advert.

Dobsons Ltd., Hutton Road, Fish Docks, Grimsby; 1957 advertisement.

Grimsby the world’s premier fishing port; hauling in a catch in the 1950s

Greetings from Grimsby; Fish Dock Road c1909. An early “Jay Em Jay” Gy. Series postcard.

Grimsby herring fleet; a c1900 magic lantern slide.

Grimsby Trawler; Boston Weelsby GY 671 c1961.

The Grimsby trawler Kelvin GY60 leaving Grimsby Docks in 1958.

Bombardier GY30 undergoing river trials in 1949.

Seine netters at Grimsby c1960s.

Ross Jackal undergoing trials in 1959.

Ashville GY.1382 at Grimsby Docks in 1979.

Ross Cormorant GY.665 by Sid Burton c1960s.

The crew of the Grimsby trawler Mildenhall by The P. & S. Photo Service.

William Charles Kirby; certificate of discharge from the Royal Naval Reserve Force, 1921.

William Charles Kirby; Certificate of Competency, Second Hand, 1912.

William Charles Kirby; Certificate of Competency 1911.

William Charles Kirby; Apprenticeship Indenture, Sea Fishing Service, Grimsby 1892.

Ross Rodney Fire Fighting Plan 1969.

Great Central Railway Company’s Docks and Property at Grimsby 1913; detail 2.

Great Central Railway Company’s Docks and Property at Grimsby 1913; detail 1.

An original c1953 Dartmouth Pottery gurgle jug with a Grimsby connection.

Grimsby Ice Factory; filling barrels with ice c1960.

Grimsby Docks; packing fish boxes c1970s.

Grimsby Docks; lumpers working at night c1960.

Grimsby Docks; GY.426 Mary in 1948.

Grimsby Docks; fish packing sheds c1890s.

Grimsby Docks; finnan haddock smoking 1960.

Grimsby Docks; Associated Fisheries and Foods worker c1960s.

GY.422 Coventry City c1960.

Ross Lorry on Grimsby Docks 1960s.

Frem GY.201 seine netter c1960s.

Trawler skippers’ secret code book WW2-era.

Fish Pontoon, Grimsby by A. G. Stevens c1904.

GY.584 Arran Lad in 1949.

GY.30 Bombardier; inside the wheelhouse c1955.

‘Pontoonites’ at work on Grimsby Docks c1908.

King Sol GY.338 c1950s.

Grimsby Fish Docks at sunset c1920s-1930s.

Grimsby trawler Earl Hereford GY.147; a german photo c1916.

Preparations at Grimsby for the Easter Fish Market 1908.

The launch of the trawler ‘Rodney’ in 1957.

Grimsby trawler Syrian returning home GY.25 c1905-1910.

Off to the North Sea herring grounds c1950s.

Laying out the catch at Grimsby c1910.

Grimsby Docks Lifeboat Station c1910.

Grimsby Docks; a busy day c1905.

Great Grimsby Coal Salt & Tanning Co. Ltd. (Cosalt); heavy brass ashtray.

Grimsby fishing smacks in the North Sea c1900.

Fish merchants, Grimsby Docks c1970s/1980s – 1.

Fish merchants, Grimsby Docks c1970s/1980s – 2.

Trueman GY.659 in 1961.

Lord Mountevans GY.79 in 1971.

Lord Beatty GY.91 in 1966.

Hauling in the catch 1979.

Faces on Grimsby Docks c1910.

A huge tuna landed at Grimsby c1910.

Scottish kipper gang in Grimsby.

Steam tug ‘Englishman’ towing ‘King Sol’ GY.338 in 1955.

View from Ross House across the slipways c1970.

Seine netter ‘Scarthoe’ GY.568 1976.

Seine netter ‘Hatcliffe’ GY.438 1979.

Lord Howe GY.82; Grimsby Docks 1966.

Lord Howe GY.82 (detail); Grimsby Docks 1966.

Lifeguard GY.395; Grimsby Docks 1965.

Ross Tiger GY.398 / Cam Tiger 1990.

Seine netter ‘Scarthoe’ GY.568 1966.

Seine netter ‘Scarthoe’ GY.568 1984.

‘Wolverhampton Wanderers’ GY.31 1965

‘Churchill’ GY.585.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 1962.

‘Ross Jaguar’ GY.494 1984.

Tom Sleight (FS) Ltd., Grimsby c1980.

‘SS Saurian’ GY.901, Grimsby 1930s.

No. 2 Fish Dock, Grimsby; famous trawlers in a line 1966.

British Guiana GY.331 c1936.

Notts County GY.643 1960s.

Triumph GY.294 in Vancouver 1916.

Snibbies!

‘Waddington’ GY.680 c1960s.

Grimsby Ice Company’s factory, Fish Dock c1928.

‘Vivaria’ GY.648 in 1960.

Grimsby Docks; North Wall c1978.

The tug ‘Brenda Fisher’ pulls ‘Churchill’ GY.585 July 1966.

‘Loyal’ GY.344 on the slip at Grimsby c1950s.

Grimsby Docks; Cosalt Diesel Fuel Station c1949/1950.

Art Deco plaque presented by H. Mudd & Son Ltd. c1932.

‘Brash’ GY.119 c1921.

Grimsby Docks; sorting trawler nets c1980s.

Grimsby Docks; trawlers at South Market 1963.

Ceramic radio antenna insulators from a trawler 1949.

Grimsby Docks; ‘Miriam’ TA.122 1949.

Landing fish at Grimsby c1907.

Grimsby Docks; landing fish panorama c1907.

The shiny, brand new ‘Vindora’ GY.40 in 1949.

‘Salvia’ GY.1164.

Ross Delight GY.727 and Ross Daring GY.707 1967.

Grimsby Docks blockade 1975.

Trawlers on the North Wall, Grimsby Docks 1967.

‘Kevan’ GY.502 enters Grimsby Docks.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.81; the first ‘Grimsby Town’ 1930s.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 on her trials.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 at Grimsby in 1958.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 slipped at Grimsby in 1956.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 arriving at Grimsby in 1966.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 slipped at Grimsby in 1968.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 moving at Grimsby in 1972.

The bridge and funnel of ‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 1975.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 on her way to be scrapped 1975.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 arriving at Grimsby 1959.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 berthed at Grimsby in the 1970s.

‘Brenda Fisher’ tows ‘Hallveig Frodadottir’ RE.203 into Grimsby Docks c1960s.

‘Olbek’ GY.1389 berthed in Grimsby Docks in 1986.

‘Olbek’ GY.1389 arriving at Grimsby in 1986.

H. Mudd & Sons, fish supplies, on the North Wall at Grimsby Docks 1950s.

‘Retako’ GY.253 c1930s.

WW1; Grimsby Docks Poster 1914.

‘Girl Pat’ GY.176 c1930s.

Grimsby Docks; GY.476 Triumph c1950s.

Fish Pontoon, Grimsby by Bullen c1910.

The Pontoon, Grimsby c1910.

Marconi Marine 1956 advertisement.

The Murray Street-Gorton Street junction on Grimsby Docks c1930.

Great Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co. Ltd. shares certificate 1910.

E. Bacon & Co. Ltd., shipwrights and marine engineers c1992.

E. Leggett, shipwright, Grimsby Docks c1992.

The Ice Factory in Gorton Street, Grimsby Docks c1992.

The Grimsby Exchange Box Yard c1992.

Grimsby F.M.A. Ltd., Stuart Wortley Street, Grimsby Docks c1992.

Albumen photo of Grimsby Docks c1870s.

Showcard advertising Ernest Cox’s finnan haddocks c1930s.

‘Brenda Fisher’ c1970s.

View of Chapman’s Jetty 1965.

Kurt Christensen, Grimsby Docks c1990.

The Grimsby Ice Company Ltd. shares certificate 1919.

New Fish Dock No. 3, Grimsby 1935.

H.M.T. Lord Wolmer (GY.917) during WW1.

Five tugs in the Fish Dock in 1966.

Christmas 1984; the last time all the ‘Cats’ were seen together.

c1960 Cosalt ERF fuel tanker lorry 1988.

Old wreck near the entrance to grimsby docks 1994

‘Beldale H’ and ‘Humber Princess’ alongside ‘Goth’ at Grimsby c1975.

‘Roman’ GY.253 c1974

The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society; 1918 Member’s Ticket.

‘Sir John Marsden’ berthing ‘Lord Cunningham’ 1966.

‘Sir John Marsden’ towing ‘Rhodesian’ GY.457 1966.

‘Aquarius’ GY.76 c1905.

‘Thunderstone’ GY.907 1913.

Taking down a crane on the fitting out quay, Grimsby Docks 1984 – photo 1.

Taking down a crane on the fitting out quay, Grimsby Docks 1984 – photo 2.

The crew of the Grimsby trawler ‘Fifinella’ GY.1038 by The P. & S. Photo Service c1937.

‘Tracie’s family’.

‘Fifinella’ GY.1038 1930s.

‘Fylkir’ RE.161 1948.

Tug ‘Brenda Fisher’ alongside Arsenal GY.48 c1964.

‘Yesso’ GY.1342 arriving at Grimsby 1940s.

‘Yesso’ GY.1342 unloading at Grimsby circa late 1940s.

‘Northern Queen’ GY.124 and lots of steam! 1970s

‘Gladnes’ GY.581 in 1975.

The salt fish industry, Grimsby c1918.

Red Ensign c1950s/1960s.

Unloading fish at Grimsby in 1904.

‘Rodrigo’ GY.1208 1904.

No. 1 Fish Dock looking towards ‘Scrobs Corner’ c1975.

The old dock wall exposed 1994.

‘East Bank’ GY.379 arriving at Grimsby 1976.

‘Fiat’ GY.1040 at Grimsby 1920s.

A lumper on Grimsby Docks c1940s.

‘Ross Eagle’ GY.656 1967.

1908 plan for ‘Alfred-Edith’ O.35 / ‘Lucerne’ GY.510.

Grimsby Docks; Lock Pit (Fish Dock Island) 1974.

A view from the Dock Tower 1933/1934 [Photo. 1].

‘Ross Revenge’ GY.718 at Grimsby 1978.

‘Yesso’ GY.1342 unloading at Grimsby circa late 1940s – photo 2.

‘Olivean’ GY.92 undergoing a refit at Grimsby in July 1967.

The new Ice Factory; Hagerup & Doughty c1897.

A view from the Dock Tower 1933/1934 [Photo. 2].

Building the North Wall, Grimsby Docks 1933 [Photo 1].

Building the North Wall, Grimsby Docks 1933/34 [Photo 2].

Building the North Wall, Grimsby Docks 1933/34 [Photo 3].

Grimsby Docks in the 1970s.

‘Lord Jellicoe’ GY.709.

‘Croxby’ GY.642

The Great Grimsby Slipway Co. Ltd. c1992.

Robert Middleton & Sons, fish merchant, Grimsby Docks c1990.

Grimsby Docks; a very old photo c1890s (late).

‘Ross Cheetah’ GY.614 on the North Wall 1980.

‘Northern Gift’ GY.704 with the tug ‘Thomas Baskcomb’ passing ‘Lemberg’ GY.664.

‘Vindora’ GY.40 slipped at Grimsby in 1965.

Ex-Grimsby tug ‘Brenda Fisher’ (as ‘Eta’) awaiting demolition in 1987.

Demolishing No.1 fish market (pontoon) 1994.

Entrance to Fish Dock, Grimsby c1908.

Ross Frozen Food lorries c1960s.

Trawler net making at COSALT c1950s.

A view from Ross House 1966.

‘Lord Jellicoe’ GY.709, Grimsby Docks c1974.

‘Lancer’ GY.65 sailing from Grimsby in 1949 (Photo 1).

‘Lancer’ GY.65 sailing from Grimsby in 1949 (Photo 2).

‘St Luke’ awaiting slips at Grimsby 1990s.

‘Beverley’ GY.324 in No. 2 Dock, Grimsby 1989.

“Anne Scott’ GY.150 at West Quay, Grimsby

‘Silver Line’ GY.36 sailing from Grimsby 1996.

‘Fish Bobber’ union badge c1940s.

Boston Vanguard GY.421 at Grimsby 1962.

Aneroid barometer by Chris. Olsen c1930s.

Slipways at Grimsby 1991.

Dorothy’s Café, Grimsby Docks c1940s.

A fisherman having a cuppa c1970s.

The dredger ‘Cherry Sand’ at Grimsby in 1989.

Launching the life boat at Grimsby Docks early 1900s.

The dredger ‘Cave Sand’ at Grimsby 1985.

Industrial workshops on the old North Wall at Grimsby Docks c1900.

Fishermen at table c1970s.

The barge ‘David W’ at Grimsby 1983.

‘Streymoy’ GY.634 June 1964.

The Swedish minesweeper ‘Orno’ at Grimsby 1994.

Fish Market and café on Grimsby Docks 1991.

‘Flamingo II’ Z.526 leaving Grimsby Docks 1987.

Grimsby Docks scene c1890s.

‘Hanne Junker’ E.654 leaving Grimsby in 1987.

‘Well Bank’ GY.329 1987.

‘Joanne May’ GY.1 1987.

‘Cam Jaguar’ under conversion 1994.

‘Trefusis’ GY.242 at the icing quay, Grimsby Docks 1992.

‘Bengal’ GY.103 sailing from Grimsby 1949.

‘Wolverhampton Wanderers’ GY.31 1965.

‘Guillemot’ GY.9 1987.

Portrait of a Grimsby fisherman c1900.

Ross House 1965.

John and Harriet Salsbury c1930.

‘Christian Borum’ GY.402 on the slips at Grimsby c1987.

Cosalt’s Yard 1990.

‘Cam Retriever’ 1987.

XSV ‘Loyal Helper’ A.157 1987.

Tugs in the Fish Dock 1966.

‘Stella Anne’ GY.434 1987.

Seine netters at Grimsby 1994.

R.N.L.I. ‘Kenneth Thelwall’ on a slipway 1993.

Spurn Lightship 1980.

‘Andolas’ GY.1370 1987.

A fire on the Docks c1963.

The British Trawlers Reinsurance Association Ltd. c1940s.

‘Esme’, ‘Coral Bank’ and ‘Searcher’ on the South Quay, Grimsby 1979.

The famous, mysterious voyage of the ‘Girl Pat’ GY.176; an Illustrated London News photo 1936.

‘Cam Puma’ 1993.

Mudd’s of Grimsby advertising poster c1950s.

Sailing vessel ‘Karen’ on a slip at Grimsby 1996

‘Vliestroom’ GY.6; built in Holland for the Kriegsmarine in 1944. Grimsby 1987.

Scottish herring girls knitting c1914.

‘Cam Panther’ on a slipway at Grimsby 1991.

J. & C. Eskriett, shipwrights, joiners & box makers c1880s.

Peterhead trawlers ‘Strathspey’ PD.390 and ‘Strathgarry’ PD.391 at Grimsby 1992.

‘Wardley’ GY.416 on the slip GY.416 1986.

‘Bellona’ GY.326 on the slip 1986.

‘Bellona’ GY.326 on the slip – photo 2 1986.

Snibbies; ‘Stella Anne’ GY.434, ‘Christen Bank’ GY.207 and others 1986.

Snibbies; ‘Bekimael’ GY.209, ‘Rasmine’ GY.293 and others 1986.

Snibbies; ‘Martin Norman’ GY.369 and ‘Mary Rønn’ BCK.168 1986.

‘Cam Cheetah’ and ‘Cam Leopard’ at Grimsby in 1991.

‘Glenda’ GY.304 on slip 1986.

‘Cam Cougar’ passes Ess-Food Danish bacon lorries at Grimsby Docks 1986.

Icelandic trawler ‘Karlsefni’ RE.24 at Grimsby 1986.

‘Boston Kestrel’ FD.256 at Grimsby 1974.

‘Jaguar’ leaving Grimsby for New Zealand in 2005 (No. 1 of a series of images).

‘Jaguar’ leaving Grimsby for New Zealand in 2005 (No. 3 of a series of images).

‘Jaguar’ leaving Grimsby for New Zealand in 2005 (No. 4 of a series of images).

‘Jaguar’ leaving Grimsby for New Zealand in 2005 (No. 5 of a series of images).

‘Jaguar’ leaving Grimsby for New Zealand in 2005 (No. 7 of a series of images).

‘Jaguar’ leaving Grimsby for New Zealand in 2005 (No. 8 of a series of images).

Cam boats laid up 1992 (Photo. 1).

Cam boats laid up 1992 (Photo. 2).

Cam boats laid up 1992 (Photo. 3).

‘Talona’ GY.130 c1970s.

‘Maxwell’ GY.314 c1970s.

‘Rigoletto’ GY.185 1950.

Tug ‘Hillman’; salvaged after sinking 1954.

View across No. 3 Fish Dock from the North Wall 1964.

Chapman Jetty, Grimsby Docks c1910.

Dock workers walking past Grimsby Ice Factory on their way to work (at 7:50am) c1910.

‘Faithful R’ GY.362 on slip at No. 3 Dock in 1991

‘Boston Halifax’ GY.321 1980.

‘Grimsby Lady’ GY.430 1979.

‘Cave Sand’ dredging out the small lock by the Dock Tower c1985.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 arriving at Grimsby Docks in 1975.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398; last ever landing in November 1984

‘Ross Lion’ GY.216 c1960.

Trawlers returning to Grimsby; a watercolour by the landscape/seascape artist, J. Geldard Walton 1902.

‘Flamborough Light’ H.392 at Grimsby 1986.

‘Coastal Queen’ BF.111 at Grimsby 1986.

T. W. Baskcomb & H. L. Taylor advertising card c1915.

‘Natalie B’ BA.238 on the North Wall 1991.

Taking out the old coaling jetties-1 1994.

Taking out the old coaling jetties-2 1994.

Taking out the old coaling jetties-3 1994.

The East Pier (at the entrance to Grimsby Fish Dock) 1988.

‘Searcher’ GY.172 and ‘Vikingborg’ H.285 on the South Quay 1994.

‘St. Paul’ (ex ‘Arctic Vandal’ H.344) and ‘Lochearn’ GY.250 berthed at Grimsby 1990s.

‘Lena Sørensen’ GY.170 on slip 1986.

‘Renfrew’ (Berwick registered) gets a lick of paint 1986.

Lots of snibbies on South Quay 1986.

‘Fredericksborg’ GY.340 1986.

‘Samantha’ GY.327 1986.

‘Laurids Skomager’ GY.305, ‘Samantha’ GY.327 and ‘Ann Charlotte’ GY.242 1986.

‘Laurids Skomager’ GY.305 1986.

‘Well Bank’ GY.329 and ‘Anna Margrethe’ GY.442 against the North Wall 1979.

The new ‘Roman’ GY.253 berthed at Grimsby 1975.

‘Roman’ GY.253 off Norway 1976.

‘Roman’ GY.253 arriving at Grimsby 1976.

‘Roman’ GY.253; Skipper Trevor Bascomb on the bridge 1976.

‘Island’ FD.271 (later ‘Ada Jean’ GY.371) at Grimsby circa early-1960s.

‘Ada Jean’ GY.371 ashore at Grimsby 1977.

Welcoming home ‘Real Madrid’ GY.674 (in colour) c1969.

‘Black Watch’ GY.23 berthed at Grimsby (in colour) 1974.

Jaguar RCS 64X dredged up from the bottom of Fish Dock No. 3 1994.

‘Cam Jaguar’ (ex ‘Ross Jaguar’ GY.494) 1986.

‘Cam Jaguar’ (ex ‘Ross Jaguar’ GY.494) 1986 (Photo 2).

‘Cam Jaguar’ (ex ‘Ross Jaguar’ GY.494) 1986 (Photo 3).

The tug ‘Ala’ at Lowestoft; formerly the Grimsby tug ‘Herbert Crampin’ 1988.

‘Lena Sørensen’ GY.170 at Lowestoft 1988.

‘Ross Cougar’ in grey zinc primer paint 1986.

‘Kate Thomsen’ GY.362 and other seine netters 1986.

‘Limanda’ GY.259, ‘Trendsetter’ GY.180 and ‘Jacqueline Borum’ GY225 1986.

Fish Pontoon, Grimsby; a postcard by ‘JAY EM JAY’ SERIES GY. c1906.

‘Brocklesby’ GY.373 arriving at Grimsby 1980.

‘Brocklesby’ GY.373 1986.

‘Andrew Kelly’ GY.741 sailing from Grimsby c1912.

‘Brocklesby’ GY.373 moving at Grimsby 1984.

‘Brocklesby’ GY.373 berthed at Grimsby 1986.

Grimsby Ice Factory 2022.

Riby Street fish merchants on a Sunday 2022.

‘Brocklesby’ YH.373 (ex ‘Brocklesby’ GY.373) arriving at Grimsby for a visit 1990s.

‘Yarmouth Seaman’ berthed at Grimsby 1990s.

Dredger ‘Cherry Sand’ working off Grimsby 1990s.

‘Boston Tristar’ GY.210 1973.

‘Reperio’ GY.298 artwork.

‘Captain Foley’ LO.33 (later ‘Boston Tristar’ GY.210) leaving Fleetwood 1960s.

‘Boston Tristar’ GY.210 on the North Wall at Grimsby 1970s.

‘St Mark’ LT.327 (formerly ‘Boston Tristar’ GY.210) slipped at Grimsby c1978.

‘St Mark’ LT.327 (formerly ‘Boston Tristar’ GY.210) leaving Lowestoft c1977.

‘St Mark’ (previously ‘Boston Tristar’ GY.210) sinking off Cromer 1990.

‘Northern Foam’ GY.490 and other trawlers on the slips at Grimsby 1952.

‘Northern Foam’ GY.490 slipped at Grimsby 1952.

‘Northern Foam’ GY.490 on a slip at Grimsby with horse and rulley in foreground 1952.

Drifters at the Herring Quay, Royal Dock basin, Grimsby c1905.

Funderbirds are go! Grimsby Docks 1992.

Looking across No. 3 Dock from the top of the Winch House on slips c1993.

‘Coventry City’ GY.422 c1950s.

Panoramic view of the West Quay at Grimsby (15 vessels) 1984.

Jersey crabbers ‘St. Remy’ J.278 and ‘Kerloch’ J.235 at Grimsby 1995.

‘Student Prince’ GY.156 c1960.

Ford & Son’s lorry; wheelhouses from scrapped snibbies for disposal c1992.

‘Wolverhampton Wanderers’ GY31 at Grimsby c1960.

‘Barbara Claire’ GU.67 at Grimsby 1996.

A visitor from Padstow and the Dock Tower, Grimsby 1996.

Henderson’s Jetty full of snibbies 1985.

Looking over No. 3 Dock, Grimsby from the top of the winch house on the slips 1995.

The slipways by No. 3 Dock, Grimsby from the roof of the winch house 1990s.

‘Cam Jaguar’ undergoing the transformation into a three-masted schooner 1995.

Plaque commemorating the 1966 opening of Christian Salvesen’s Wickham Road Cold Store in Grimsby

Fire damaged ‘Abaco’, ex Judaean GY.644, at Lowestoft 1984.

The North Wall, Grimsby Docks from the top of the Dock Signal Tower on Fish Dock Island 1992.

Icing up ‘Hondo’ GY.668 at No. 2 Fish Dock 1973.

‘Rasmine’ GY.293 with Grimsby’s Freeman Street flats in the background 1996.

The badly damaged Grimsby trawler ‘Deveron’ GY. 96 1938.

‘De Aston’ GY.497 at Troon 1985.

‘Rodosto’ GY.839 and ‘Bull Light Vessel’ 1930s.

‘Ross Zebra’ GY.653 arriving at Grimsby 1983.

‘Ralco’ GY.663 arriving at Grimsby 1930s.

The tug ‘Herbert Crampin’ pulling ‘Ross Zebra’ GY.653 into Grimsby Docks 1983.

Humber Lifeboat 52-37 arriving at Grimsby 1989.

‘Guy Thorne’ GY.465 c1930.

“Grimsby for Fish”; a poem by Wilhelm Raman 1929.

‘Guy Thorne’ GY.465 Photo. 2 c1930.

‘Hargood’ GY.8 on the South Quay at Grimsby c1955.

‘Night Hawk’ GY.822 on the slips at Doigs 1934

‘Chikara’ GY.364 c1910.

The fishing industry; hoisting fish and ice on deck c1960s.

‘Macandi’ GY.220 arriving at No. 2 Dock; bow shot 1984.

‘Leo’ GY.36 and ‘Resono’ GY.508 at Grimsby 1910-1915.

‘Resono’ GY.508 at Grimsby 1910-1915.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 in dock with the tug ‘Alfred Bannister’ 1982.

‘Elo’ GY.358 berthed at the icing quay by No.2 Dock, Grimsby 1980.

‘Perseverance’ berthed at Grimsby in 1983. (Now preserved inside the Fishing Heritage Centre).

‘Clavis’ GY.347 1983.

‘Fourseas’ GY.177 crossing the dock 1983.

‘Ross Lynx’ GY.626 in No.3 Dock 1980.

‘Elly-C’ BN.12 sunk at moorings at Grimsby c1987.

‘Tiberian’ GY.673 on the slips at Grimsby c1966.

Tug ‘Lady Susan’ on slip Grimsby 1990s.

Ice House, Grimsby Docks (and the old clock on the Docks) c1906.

The clock on the docks, Grimsby c1905.

‘Clavis’ GY.347 sailing 1983.

The faces of workers on Grimsby Docks c1899.

‘Clavis’ GY.347 berthed at the Ice Quay 1986.

A large group of workers on Grimsby Docks with the propellor of ‘Umguza’ GY.70 c1899.

“First Aid on the Docks” 1968.

Grimsby Docks; a view from the waterline on the slips (2) c1993.

Grimsby Docks; a view from the waterline on the slips (1) c1993.

12:30pm on Fish Dock Island c1992.

Fish Dock Island c1992.

‘Pioneer’ KY.35 at Grimsby 1979.

Stand by vessels ‘St. Phillip’ and ‘St. Patrick’ at Grimsby’s Fish Dock locks 1992.

‘Volesus’ GY.188 1967.

An old copy of Cook, Welton & Gemmell’s plans for Royallieu GY.313.

The combined hull of ‘Julie Ann’ SA.14 and wheelhouse of ‘Sarah Thinnesen’ GY.385 sunk in Alexandra Dock c1992.

Henderson Street, Grimsby Docks.

Old Dry Dock (No. 1 Fish Dock), Grimsby 1983.

Old Dry Dock (No. 1 Fish Dock), Grimsby 1983 – photo 2.

Two Danish trawlers in ‘Scrobs Corner’ (No.1 Fish Dock), Grimsby c1983.

‘Dollard’ GY.901 sailing 1997.

‘Cam Observer’ and ‘Samora’ GY.332 between fitting out jetties, No. 3 Dock, Grimsby 1990.

Snibbies at Henderson’s Jetty, Grimsby c1983.

‘Ross Panther’ GY.519 1982.

‘Ross Civet’ GY.652 on the North Wall, Grimsby 1982.

‘Cam Civet’ with ‘Cam Leopard’ at Grimsby 1985.

‘Saxon Venture’ GY.616 in the process of becoming ‘Tobago’ LT.165 at Lowestoft 1976.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 with ‘Ross Panther’ GY.519 in low light at Grimsby 1982.

‘Cam Leopard’ at Grimsby 1985.

11th December 2022.

‘Continuous Certificate of Discharge for the Fishing Trade’; Augustus Garfield Laity 1919.

‘Scampton’ GY.166 1975.

Close-up of the bow of a “Cat Boat” at Grimsby early 1980s.

I.M.P. Fishing Gear Ltd., Auckland Road, Grimsby Docks mid 1990s.

Close-up of winches on a “Cat Boat” at Grimsby early 1980s.

Fish Dock Road, Grimsby Docks mid 1990s.

Tom Taylor & Son, Fish Dock Road, Grimsby Docks; J. Bygrave Ltd. doorway mosaic c1890s.

Brown Street, Grimsby Docks 1990s.

Surtees Street looking towards Brown Street, Grimsby Docks 1990s.

Surtees Street looking towards Hutton Road, Grimsby Docks 1990s.

The Kasbah Conservation Area; Peterson’s Smokehouse 1990s.

Maclure Street, Grimsby Docks looking towards Cross Street 1990s.

Murray Street, Grimsby Docks 1990s.

The Murray Street-Gorton Street junction on Grimsby Docks c1930 (detail).

Studio portrait of a fisherman wearing a gansey by Edward Jeffray, Grimsby and London c1880s.

‘Sarah Thinnesen’ GY.385 on the slip 1982.

‘Ross Lynx’ GY.626 (with B.U.T. funnel) 1982.

Winch houses, Grimsby Docks 1982.

Trawlers on the South Quay 1982.

The new No. 3 Fish Dock and North Wall 1933/34.

Kurt Christensen (Fish Salesman), Auckland Road (Panorama) 1990s.

Humber Street bridge construction works October 1931.

Humber Street bridge construction works February 1932.

Humber Street bridge construction works (2) February 1932.

Just before the demolition of No. 2 Fish Dock; 1. upstairs at the old Fish Market 1990s.

Australian trawler ‘Brolga’ P.J. 1 (built Middlesbrough) at Grimsby 1915.

Australian trawler ‘Koraaga’ P.J. 2 (built Middlesbrough) at Grimsby 1915.

No. 2 Graving Dock from the top of the old accumulator tower 1933.

Fish merchants’ office doors before the demolition of the Pontoon c1997.

The Ice Factory viewed from Murray Street c1997.

Gorton Street, Grimsby Docks 1990s.

‘Othello’ GY.333 and her crew c1912.

Murray Street Pontoon from No. 2 Dock 1990s.

Building the North Wall and the new fish dock 1933.

‘Hendren’ GY.128 on a 1,080 ton cradle at Grimsby c1935.

Building a crane on the fitting out quay, Grimsby Docks 1934.

The Hull seiner ‘Kronborg’ H.117 at Grimsby 1983.

‘East Bank’ GY.379 on a slip 1983.

Icelandic trawler ‘Seeborg’ SU.433 at Grimsby 1983.

‘Ross Leopard’ GY.491 and tug 1983.

‘Sandringham’ GY.481 1983.

‘Cat Boats’ by the North Wall 1983.

‘Sorrento’ GY.417 1983.

‘Ashville’ GY.1382 1983.

‘Monika B’ GY.431 and ‘Foursome’ GY.536 1983.

‘Orlik’ GY.557 1983.

‘Sorrento’ GY.417 (portrait view) 1983.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 on a slip (Photo 1) 1983.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 on a slip (Photo 2) 1983.

‘White Bank’ GY.620 1983

‘Fiona Thomsen’ GY.204 1983.

‘Ocean Scimitar’ at Grimsby 1983.

‘Lairlochie’ GY.213 1983.

‘Karen’ GY.317 1983.

‘Christine H’ GY.412 on a slip 1983.

‘Pandion’ GY.356 1983.

‘Delvan’ GY.629 1983.

MV ‘Humber Surveyor’ 1883.

‘Wavell’ GY.255 1983.

‘Lucerne’ GY.560 1983.

The dredger ‘Cave Sand’ 1983.

‘Ross Lynx’ GY.626 on a slip 1983.

‘Ross Lynx’ GY.626 on a slip (2) 1983.

Grimsby Ice Factory; a view of the Fish Dock Road side 2009

‘Wendy Pulfrey’ BCK.198 on a slip 1983.

‘Wendy Pulfrey’ BCK.198 on a slip 1983 (2).

‘Katrina Thomsen’ GY.349 1983.

‘Katrina Thomsen’ GY349 (Photo 2) 1983.

‘Frembek’ GY.366 1983.

‘Alexandra Woods’ GY.374 1983.

Danish seiner ‘Bente Hvirgel’ RI.368 leaving Grimsby 1983.

Icelandic trawler ‘Helge II’ RE.373 at Grimsby 1983.

‘Ross Leopard’ GY.491 and the tug ‘Alfred Bannister’ 1983.

‘Edlei’ GY.455 at the icing jetty 1990.

Memories!

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

‘Inge’, the star of the ‘Only Fools and Horses’ Christmas Special 1985.

‘Sheldon’ GY.696 c1915.

‘Recto’ GY.16 off to the fishing grounds by Shaw c1910.

‘Cam Valiant’ at Grimsby c1990.

Skipper Ives of Grimsby at Brandenburg P.O.W. Camp, Germany 1917-1918.

The scrapping of ‘Silver Line’ GY.36 at Killingholme (Image 1) 2002.

The scrapping of ‘Silver Line’ GY.36 at Killingholme (Image 2) 2002.

View from the Accumulator Tower (Image 1) 1932.

‘Andolas’ GY.1370 (once part owned by Terry Wogan) 1996.

‘Scooper’ GY.1155 and ‘Orvicto’ GY.1179 in Holland for scrapping 1961.

Ticket to the Sixth Annual Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd. Dinner & Dance 1965.

‘Kesteven’ GY.277 moored at the South Quay 1994.

‘Lochearn’ GY.250 on slip with propellor off 1990s.

‘Christen Bank’ GY.207 being scrapped at No. 2 Dock 1993.

Scrapping snibbies in No. 2 Dock c1992.

‘Barnsley’ GY.651 after a fire 1962.

‘Jenny Sorensen’ GY.185 and ‘Edith Borum’ GY.117 berthed in No. 2 Dock c1990.

‘Shepherd Lad’ GY.240 on the Ice Quay 1990s.

‘Ross Civet’ GY.652 1981.

‘Ross Cougar’ GY.531 1981.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 1981.

‘Ross Cougar’ GY.531; close up of winch 1983.

‘Ross Cougar’ GY.531; close up of the fo’c’s’le 1983.

‘Ross Cougar’ GY.531; close up of the wheelhouse 1983.

‘Ross Cougar’ GY.531; close up of the windlass 1983.

“Meggies” GY.413 aground off Grimsby 1950s.

View of No. 2 Dock from an ice conveyor; ‘Churchill’ GY.585 in dock 1957.

Grimsby Fish Docks by Asadour Guzelian 1990.

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

‘Aston Villa’ GY.428 1937.

‘Coral Bank’ GY.339 1956.

Ex ‘Coral Bank’ GY.339 being converted into a stylish trawler yacht 1990s.

Severe damage to the bow of ‘Scarron’ GY.935 c1930s.

‘Vanessa’ GY.257 on her maiden voyage 1952.

‘Rodney’ GY.34 berthed at the fitting out jetty, Grimsby 1957.

‘Thessalonian’ GY.112 (new) c1955.

‘Cradock’ GY.11 sailing c1957.

‘Northern Pride’ GY.169 sailing 1950s.

‘Kelvin’ GY.60; the world’s first transom stern trawler 1958.

Lumpers unloading a trawler c1950s.

‘East Bank’ GY.379 berthed at Troon 1987.

‘Sletnes’ GY.526; WW2 German torpedo boat converted into a Grimsby trawler 1960.

Old pressure gauge supplied by Olsen’s of Grimsby circa mid-C20.

Ross Group Ltd. ‘Sea Sparkle’ lorries on the South Quay at Grimsby 1955.

Boy on East Coast herring quay c1900.

The new dredger ‘Trinity Sand’ off Grimsby 1961.

East Coast herring girls c1900.

‘Croxby’ GY.642 slipped at Grimsby 1950s.

‘New Crown’ GY.369 and ‘Thrush’ GY.114 at Fleetwood c1910.

‘Sabreur’ GY.932 at Grimsby c1937.

‘Denston’ GY.131 sailing, Grimsby 1960s.

‘Julia Brierley’ FD.103 moving at Grimsby 1961.

‘Aldershot’ GY.612 slipped at Grimsby c1970 / early 1970s.

‘Clotilde’ GY.352; slipped and getting a new coat of paint early 1950s.

‘Cato’ GY.1220; new 1901.

‘Balmoral’ GY.676; new and arriving back from sea trials in 1962.

‘Ross Kelvin’ GY.60 and ‘Real Madrid’ GY.674 slipped 1975.

‘River Findhorn’ GY.276 at Grimsby 1937.

‘Ross Cheetah’ GY.614 sailing 1970s.

‘Elk’ GY.1235 arriving Grimsby 1920s.

‘Fezenta’ GY.444 sailing from Grimsby 1958.

‘Griffin’ GY.1240 sailing from Grimsby c1920s.

‘Exyahne’ GY.150 sailing from Grimsby 1950s.

‘Witham’ GY.283 arriving at Lowestoft.

‘Drummer Boy’ GY.447 arriving at Grimsby 1958.

‘Drummer’ GY.1097; bridge from mast c1930s.

‘Lemberg’ GY.664; new 1961.

‘Lemberg’ GY.372 aground at Redcar 1914.

‘Marilyn Olsen’ GY.447 1985.

‘Tarma’ GY.615 berthed at Grimsby 1983.

‘Harold John’ GY.399 1986.

‘La Gazelle’ GY.62 moving at Grimsby 1988.

‘Trendsetter’ GY.180 1988.

‘Nyborg’ GY.447 at Grimsby 1980.

‘Wolverhampton Wanderers’ GY.31 c1966.

‘Toby Visholm’ GY91, ‘Alatna’ GY.454 and ‘Stella Ann’ GY. 434 c1987.

‘Grampian Freedom’ ex ‘Ross Kipling’ GY.38 at breakers in New Holland 1991.

‘Marilyn Olsen’ GY.447 in the Dock Cutting 1984.

‘Celtic Mor’ FH.403 being repaired at Grimsby after sinking in the Humber mid-1990s.

Looking towards Fish Dock No. 2 from the top of the Dock Tower 1995.

Fish Dock House, East Pier, Grimsby Docks c1905.

Slipways full c1986.

‘Andolas’ GY.1370 (once part owned by Terry Wogan) 1980s

‘De Aston’ GY.497 slipped at Grimsby 1980s.

‘Lochearn’ GY.250 berthed in Fish Dock No. 2 c1992.

‘Samantha’ GY.327 on the North Wall 1990s.

View of the North Wall and Mudd’s factory from a coal hoist c1958.

A 1905 ‘Men of Mark’ print; George Moody (1859-1939).

‘Thomas Tompion’ GY.126 in the lock at Grimsby 1950s.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 sailing 1958.

‘Thuringia’ GY.321 in No. 2 Dock, Grimsby with a tug 1950s.

Close up of ‘Ross Cougar’ GY.531 1983.

From the original negative. One of the famous “Cat Boats”, ‘Ross Civet’ GY.652 was built in 1960 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby for Ross Trawlers, Grimsby. In 1985, she was sold to Cam Shipping and converted to a rig standby vessel. From then, she was known as ‘Cam Civet’ and continued to operate out of […]

‘Wolverhampton Wanderers’ GY.31 berthed at Grimsby 1959.

‘Favo’ GY.1219 at Great Yarmouth c1903.

A 1905 ‘Men of Mark’ print; Henry Kelly Sr (1844-1909).

Moodys & Kelly advertising print 1905.

Chas Jeffs Jr, fish merchant, advertising poster 1905

‘Margaret Alice’ LL.52 (Liverpool) sail trawler c1907.

The last days of steam trawlers at Aberdeen c1959.

Wharncliffe Road North, Grimsby Docks c1980s.

‘Meggies’ GY413 arriving at Grimsby 1950s.

‘Binks’ GY.617 berthed at Henderson Jetty, No. 2 Dock 1983.

Dredger ‘Cherry Sand’ working off Grimsby Fish Docks 1995.

The Great Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co. Ltd., Grimsby Docks; a 1908 advertisement for their oilskin garments.

‘Craigievar’ A304 arriving at grimsby 1970s.

From an original negative. ‘Jesper Earth’ RI.451 was registered at Ringkøbing, Denmark. Hvide Sande means White Sands.

View of No. 2 Dock Icing Quay c1991.

A tessellated entrance to The Great Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co. Ltd. building at Fleetwood 1986.

An original, antique print taken from The Black and White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was a British illustrated weekly periodical founded in 1891 by Charles Norris Williamson. In 1912 it was incorporated with The Sphere. During the Great Strike at Grimsby in 1901, steam trawlers were laid-up for 13 weeks. Food was sent […]

Steam trawlers laid-up at Grimsby during the 1901 strike.

‘Reef Bank’ GY.619 1965.

‘Leonora’ GY.20 ashore at Withernsea 1904.

‘Doonie Braes’ A.66 ex ‘Grasby’ GY.510 c1960.

‘Ross Renown’ GY.666; the last Grimsby trawler to leave Iceland 1975.

From a small collection of Gostelow of Boston negatives/prints. The shrimper ‘Perseverance’ was built by Gostelows in c1914. ‘Perseverance’ was registered at H.126 in the 1920s and worked on the River Humber. ‘Perseverance’ GY.411 is now a star exhibit inside Grimsby’s Fishing Heritage Centre.

Alexander Munroe Gostelow of Boston, Boatbuilder, Photo Collection; ‘Perseverance’ H.126 c1920s.

Alexander Munroe Gostelow of Boston, Boatbuilder, Photo Collection; building a boat 1 c1920s.

Grimsby Fish Market; Croft, Drury etc. c1960s.

‘Ross Revenge’ GY.718 (later the Radio Caroline ship) from Ross House 1970.

Fine, old buildings on Grimsby Docks c1905.

‘Arsenal’ GY.48 and ‘Ross Leopard’ c1970.

‘Gone Fishing’; Findus Frozen Foods promotional, 7″, vinyl single with letter 1972.

One of the last steam trawlers; ‘Courlis’ A.51 sailing from Yarmouth c1958.

John L. Green, wholesale fish merchant, curer and exporter; a large 1904 advertisement.

‘Argus’ GY.372 arriving Grimsby 1978.

‘Beverley’ GY.324 (new) at Grimsby 1975.

‘Susitna’ GY.113 and Spurn Lightship 1980.

Bridges & Salmon Ltd., shipwrights, Wickham Road, Grimsby Docks 1989.

‘Samora’ GY.332 undergoing refit 1989.

Grimsby Docks by Arthur Watson.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 sailing 1976.

‘Saxon Forward’ GY.688 alongside ‘Ephesian’ GY.604; No. 2 Dock ice quay 1971.

‘Pitgaveny’ BF.151 ashore at Gorleston – Photo 1. 1936.

‘Pitgaveny’ BF.151 ashore at Gorleston – Photo 2. 1936.

From the original, medium format negative. A steel, steam, fishing drifter built in 1932 by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen for William C. & J. B. Wilson, Whitley Bay. Kirkcaldy registered. Requisitioned during WW2 as a hospital drifter. Sold to Yarmouth in 1956 and registered as ‘Wilson Line’ YH.105. The original Alexander Hall & Co. […]

‘Barnsley’ GY.651 arriving at Grimsby 1972.

‘Grimsby Town’ GY.246 in the locks arriving home 1966.

‘Carlo’ GY.1407 1983.

‘Collingwood’ GY.1229 with Naval personnel on the bridge c1917.

‘Northern Queen’ GY.124 sailing 1973.

‘Vigilantes’ GY.179 arriving at Lowestoft 1960s.

Grimsby Ice Factory; loading ice into barrels on a Scammell lorry c1960.

‘Celtic Mor’ DH.43 at Grimsby after sinking in the Humber 1990s.

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

Handwritten, numerical lists of Grimsby registered trawlers and owners; every year from 1947 to 1968.

‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 on a slip at Grimsby 1966.

From an original, unique negative. ‘Edith Borum’ GY.117 was built in Denmark in 1968 and arrived at Grimsby as a new seine netter. She once sank in the dock and had to be refloated.