Drifters Collection

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

Whitby Fishermen
A fishing fleet of Scottish Drifters in Whitby harbour, Yorkshire, England

Fishing boats, Great Yarmouth, early 1900s

Quay at Great Yarmouth - Herring Harvest 1905
Steam drifters engaged in herring fishery lying alongside. The curiously shaped double baskets seen on the floor are called lasts

Isle of Man - Peel Bay - Steam Drifters and Fishing boats. Date: circa 1910s

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

The Fishing Fleets in the North Sea: A Night Scene off the D
A picture by Fortunio Matania depicting the smaller boats delivering their boxes of fish to a carrier. The large carrier is the first to transport the fish from the trawlers

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 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

Poster depicting herring drifters in the North Sea
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting herring drifters in the North Sea

Hms Queen at Taranto
HMS Queen, trawlers and drifters at Taranto, Italy

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