Shemaron is undergoing some attention to her undersides at Clydebank.
A range of work has been done over the last few months including minor re-caulking, some re-nailing, attention to rubbing strips etc. The opportunity has been taken to carry out a detailed professional survey and there were no shocks when the report was received, so she [...]
Rachel Douglas spent the start of the year in Fred Crowell’s boatshed undergoing a spruce-up.
She has been rubbed down and given a full external repaint. Whilst in Fred’s the opportunity was taken to make good a length of suspect rubbing strake, the inwyvers were replaced and a number of other minor repairs undertaken.
She is back [...]
The project has successfully managed to completely restore and conserve the Royal Diadem II Fishing Coble. This has been made possible by full funding from The National Heritage Lottery Fund and by thousands of hours of work from dedicated volunteers.
Extensive repairs necessitating vast amounts of timber replacement, incorporating all aspects of construction arrangements for which the [...]
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South Shields Gazette Article
from the 11th Feb 2010.
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Here we present the NEMT Collection.
TO SEE THE REST OF THE COLLECTION CLICK “PREVIOUS ENTRIES” AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOATS PAGE.
The vessels detailed are those belonging to the Trust and associated vessels. “Associated Vessels” are members’ boats, boats whose owners have pledged that they will do their best to manage the restoration and preservation [...]
Royal Diadem II is a general purpose motor coble with auxiliary sail. Briefly her history is:
Built by Harrison’s of Amble in 1948.
First owners William and Albert Silk.
First port Newton by the Sea, then Craster (same owners).
Sold to Boulmer where the owner was William Ralph Wood. The boat may have also been owned by James Carse [...]
Golden Gleam was built in 1948 by Ralph Dawson of Seahouses, Northumberland, for a fisherman called Main Downey who lived in Boulmer.
The boat was a Northumbrian coble, 29 feet long, powered by a (secondhand?) BMC car engine, adapted for marine use. The vessel had a mast and auxiliary sail. She was one of the earliest [...]
This is the former Tynemouth lifeboat, built in 1917. She was on duty from 1918 t0 1939 after which she was in the reserve fleet. In 1941 there was a disastrous bombing of the Tynemouth Lifeboat Station and Henry Frederick Swan returned to replace the bombed vessel until final withdrawal in 1947. In 1948 she [...]
The fishing vessel “Rachel Douglas” was built in 1947 for Jackie Baxter-Douglas and his brother Thom. They named her after their mother.
The Baxter-Douglases lived and worked at the north Northumbrian village of Seahouses and they had a vessel in need of replacement. New fishing boats were in great demand after the war but engines were [...]
Peggy was built by Harrisons of Amble in 1924 for stock but soon found a buyer, one of the Hall family of Beadnell. She was sold to Robert Rutter of Seahouses and at that time carried the number BK7. Later she moved to Amble and became Glad Tidings BH177. Her last port was Hartlepool, from [...]