A view across Lowestoft Harbour, showing a herring drifter (DH-648) passing the entrance to the Trawl Basin with the fish market beyond

Date:: 1890s

Location:: LOWESTOFT HARBOUR, Lowestoft, East Suffolk, SUFFOLK

Reference:: OP11427

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

The herring drifter in the photograph was a Ketch, a sailing vessel with two masts. These boats worked in and were sometimes sold to Lowestoft, possibly explaining why the fishing boat is displaying a Dartmouth registration.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/42 Early Photographic Print Collection: Tyne & Wear; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Harbour, Fish Market, Watercraft, Water Transport