Trawlers Collection

Scene on Conwy Harbour, North Wales
A wonderful, atmospheric view of Conwy Harbour, North Wales, with the silhouette of the Castle in the background. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960

Grimsby Trawlers
Fishing trawlers at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1930s

Brixham Trawlers (Cig)
Brixham trawlers, Devon

Holidaymakers watching the Brixham Regatta, 1936
Photograph showing a group of holidaymakers watching the Brixham Regatta, from a vantage point on a West Country cliff, 1936

Fishing Trawlers at Dunmore East, Co. Waterford
Fishing Trawlers at Dunmore East, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Lowestoft, Suffolk - Sailing trawlers towed to Sea Date: circa 1920s

Lerwick Fishing Fleet
A fleet of fishing trawlers docked at Lerwick harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Bermeo fisherman, Spain
Fisherman adjusts the mooring line in Bermeo harbour, Northern Spain. Date: 1990

Brixham trawlers, Victorian period

Fishing boats, Great Yarmouth, early 1900s

Reconstructed Warships back in Service. Date: 1939

Post Office Wireless Stations and Fisheries
A simply magnificent, large scale, poster map of Post Office Wireless Stations commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1939

King George's Cup Yachts
Contenders for the King George's Perpetual Challenge Cup at Brixham regatta, an event open to ketch-rigged trawlers over forty tons. Date: 1931

North Sea tuna
Crew members of the trawler Silver Line pose with their haul of five giant tuna fish, caught 120 miles out from Scarborough. Date: 1939

Sailboat Trawlers, The Harbour, Looe, Plymouth, Cornwall, England. Date: 1900s

View of one of the many L. N. E. R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers
View of one of the many L.N.E.R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers and other dock shipping through the dock area; Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1930s

Harvest of the sea 1867
Trawler vessel out to sea with two fishermen rowing. In 1867 there were between 800 and 900 boats with large nets sweeping the bottom of the sea catching fish for the London market. Date: 1867

Spanish Trawlers at Bantry Bay, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

Hartlepool, Fish Quay and Trawlers

British naval convoy system by G. H. Davis
The method of safeguarding the freedom of the seas: the British naval convoy system at work. Making the high seas safe for Allied

Fleet Laid Up / Gen Strike
Fishing trawlers and liners laid up at the Fleetwood docks, owing to shortage of coal due to the General Strike Date: 1926

Brixham / Widgery 1919
Trawlers at Brixham, Devon. Date: 1919

The Croxton outrage by G. H. Davis
One of several German attacks on North Sea fishing trawlers, later countered by arming them: the Croxton outrage. How the unarmed Croxton was machine-gunned and bombed until she sank

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

Brixham Trawlers
Fishing trawlers in Brixham harbour, Devon, England. Date: 1930s

Trawlers leaving harbor, Brixham, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

German Homage to Deep Sea Fishing Date: circa 1910s

The Metamorphosis of the Herring by A. K. Macdonald
Two contrasting illustrations. The first shows workers at a quayside or harbour - perhaps Grimsby, sorting a catch of herrings just brought in by a fishing trawler

Mine-sweeper
A pair of trawlers sweeping for mines in the North Sea with a weighted wire rope stretched between the craft

England / Charlestown
The small but busy harbour of Charlestown, a quaint little Cornish sea port. The local industry is devoted entirely to the shipping of china clay to all parts of the world

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

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