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The Short Blue Fleet

1764-1980

  • Home
  • Written History
    • 1- Beginning at Barking
    • 2 – Development of the Fleeting System
    • 3- The first use of Ice at Sea for the Preservation of Fish
    • 4 – Using Gorleston as a base
    • 5 – “Our Deep Sea Fisheries”
    • 6 – Formation of Hewett & Co Ltd, and use of steam carriers
    • 7- Trunking as seen by E J Mather
    • 8- Descriptions of Fleeting
    • 9- Smack design
    • 10- The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen
    • 11 – 1882 – a Freeze Frame
    • 12 – Billingsgate, Columbia and Shadwell Markets
    • 13 – the Advent of Steam Trawlers
    • 14 – Distant Water Grounds
    • 15 – the Explosion at Barking
    • 16 – the 20th Century
  • Visual History
    • Pictures of People
    • Photos of Vessels
    • SBF Trunking 1896
    • Cine film
  • List of Vessels
  • Still Afloat
    • Boy Leslie
    • Sweetheart
    • Civil Lord
  • Fishing Gear and Methods
    • Line fishing
    • Trawling
  • Hewett Family
  • Bibliography
  • Links

Visual History

There are many pictures, photos, drawings and plans appertaining to the Short Blue Fleet, it’s vessels, property and people. The most relevant will be recorded here.

Pictures of People

 

Photos of Vessels

 

SBF Trunking 1896

 

Cine film
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