of Yarmouth
1912 Shipbuilders
1785 - First established by James Lovewell.
1824 – When Lovewell died the business passed to the Fellows family. [1]
1825 – Constructed brig “Thalia”.
1828 – Constructed schooner “Lady Ann”
1829 – Constructed brig “Rose”
1832 – Constructed brig “Shannon”
1833 – Constructed schooner “Abeona”
1834 – Constructed schooner “Agenoria”, brig “Vivid” and schooner “Nora Creina”.
1835 - Constructed schooner “Fire Fly”, brig “Race Horse”, schooner “Sally Ho”, brig “Levant”
1836 - Constructed brig “Isis”, schooner “Fox Hound”
1837 – Constructed brig “Condor”, schooner “Wilshere”, schooner “Tantivy”, schooner “Rival”, brig “Plumstead”
1838 – Constructed schooner “Lorina Thompson”, schooner “Alexandrina”, schooner “Reindeer”, schooner “Fawn”
1839 – Constructed schooner “Mary Atkinson”, schooner “Rowena”, schooner “John Shelley”, brig “Elizabeth”
1840 – Constructed schooner “Lucy”, schooner “Sea Nymph”, brig “Lante”, schooner “Earl of Leicester”, schooner “Princess Royal”
1841 – Constructed schooner “Norfolk Lass” and schooner “Maid of the Yare”
1842 – Constructed schooner “Lovewell”, schooner “Leda”
1844 – Constructed schooner “Chas Souchay”
1845 – Constructed brig “Agnes”
1846 – Constructed schooner “Ianthe”
1847 – Constructed schooner “Medea”
1850 – Constructed brig “Timamdra”, brig “Crimea”
1851 – Constructed schooner “Eclipse”
1852 – Constructed brig “Norfolk”, schooner “Eclipse”
1853 – Constructed schooner “Xanthus”, barque “Ethelbert
1854 – Constructed schooner “Raven”
1857 – Constructed schooner “Branch”
1871 – Constructed barque “Oleander”[2]
1912 - Listed as the 97th biggest shipbuilding company in Britain constructing 6 ships of a total 548 Gross Tons.
FT Everard & Sons Ltd would take over the company in the 20s.
1924 – Constructed steamer “Norwich Belle” [3]
1925 – Constructed Thames barge “Will” [4]
1928 – Built dry cargo motor vessels “Ability” and Amity” for F T Everand & Sons Ltd. Sadly they were both sunk within three days of each other in November 1940 [5]
1930 - Constructed “Oulton Belle”, later re-named “Regal Lady” for Yarmouth & Gorleston Steamboat Co for excursions from Yarmouth to Lowestoft. It took part in the Dunkirk evacuation and was used as a tender for troopships on the Clyde.[6]
1935 – Constructed passenger motor vessel Western Belle.[7]
1970 - The yard was acquired by Richards (Shipbuilders) of Lowestoft. [8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ http://www.ourgreatyarmouth.org.uk/page_id__341.aspx
- ↑ Lloyd’s Register Collection LRF/PUN/Yar1042
- ↑ http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/crashing-of-champagne-marked-shipyard-successes-1-2245414
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_(Thames_barge)
- ↑ Coasters: An Illustrated History, Roy Kenton, page 120
- ↑ Historic Ships: The Survivors, Paul Brown
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Western_Belle
- ↑ http://www.ourgreatyarmouth.org.uk/page_id__341.aspx