This Tyne foy boat Joan was probably built by the South Shields boatbuilders Mitchelson’s in the 1920s.
Foy boats were privately owned by foyboat men who plied the Tyne and contracted to provide services for ships on the river by assisting with mooring, transporting crew and supplies (especially to ships at anchor).
Joan was owned by the [...]
This vessel is a 16 foot salmon fishing boat that was donated to the Trust by Mrs Susan Mackiver, having been used by her late husband Robert for fishing off Whitburn beach, just south of South Shields.
Spring Tide was built, at Whitburn, by shipwrights Billy and Jimmy Ray. She is a typical small seagoing rowing [...]
The UK’s oldest working fishing boat (in the over 10m category) was taken out of commission in February 2009. She is the Sovereign. Members of the North East Maritime Trust have taken a keen interest in her over the last five years and have been able to save her now that former owner Keith Alexander [...]