Drifter Collection

Lowestoft, Suffolk, Herring Drifters off the Fishing Grounds Date: circa 1920s

Lowestoft Fishermen
Taking nets from a drifter for repairs at Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk, England. Date: 1950s

Launching a torpedo from a drifter, probably WW1

Launching a torpedo from a drifter fishing boat

Herring drifter in St Ives Bay, Cornwall
A herring drifter (lugger) and crew in St Ives Bay, Cornwall. 1938

Ships that pass by G. H. Davis
Ships that pass -- some notes for our readers who are spending their holidays by the sea shore. The ships are: cargo steamer, liner, coasting steamer, seagoing tug, oil carrier, racing yawl

A tramp sitting next to a fire
A tramp sitting next to the fire he has made. A pot is boiling over it. Date: C. 1920s

British drifter fleet at sea, WW1
A British drifter fleet at sea during the First World War, when many fishing drifters were converted for naval use. Date: 1914-1918

British sailors laying anti-submarine nets from drifter, WW1
British sailors laying anti-submarine nets from a drifter, lowering the nets and floats over the side, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British drifters in harbour, Taranto, Italy, WW1
British drifters which took part in the Otranto Barrage, an allied naval blockade in the Adriatic during the First World War, seen here at anchor in the harbour at Taranto, Italy

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