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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
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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
Photos of Vessels
Steam Carrier Wellesley
Supply LO 296 ( a steam carrier) – probably Gorleston – probably unloading herrings from Norway
Beachflower. Renamed Robert Hewett LO427
Robert Hewett LO427
Swan II LO47
Toronto LO196
St Just LO434
St Just LO434
Esher LO193
Newland LO 95
Frobisher LO 15
Tekoura LO14
Junco LO 200
Royalist LO 90
Royalist LO 90
Ladylove LO167
Jamaica LO 186
Bridlington LO 194
Bridesmaid LO 231
SSAFA FD155
Spurnella H 414
Ella Hewett LO 47
Royalist LO 50
London Town LO 70
Robert Hewett LO65
Robert Hewett LO65
Robert Hewett returning to Fleetwood October 1970. Photo by Eddy Hammill
Royalist LO 50, London Town LO 70 and Admiral Hawke A 320
Ella Hewett returning to Fleetwood March 1971. Photo by Eddy Hammill
Ella Hewett LO94
Kennedy in Wyre Dock. Photo by Eddy Hammill
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