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EDWARD BROUGH (London) - IMO7365904 - GBR/645/74 Scheeps Gebr Coops, Hoogezand, 264 - Gillie & Blair - Wisbech, to unload soya, approaching the swinging berth.
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Welcome

I lived in Wisbech from 1975 to 1984 and during that time I became very interested in Wisbech Port, an interest that quickly spread to all East Coast Ports specifically and then to shipping in general. As an ex-sailor myself, I was already halfway there anyway. So, these are the pictures I took in the period 1980 - 85. I acquired my first 'decent' camera in 1980, a Praktica MTL4, and I must say I am quite surprised by the quality of some of these pictures nearly 30 years later.
Not all were taken by me but they are all ships I have seen. I had a friend who was a crane driver at Cliffe Point Power Station on the Orwell and kept his camera by him at all times! You will notice no doubt that not all have fared well with the passage of 2 decades and I apologise for the less than perfect condition of some of the pictures.

They are 35mm colour slides scanned on an Epson V100 and fed through a photolab.
The pictures are ordered alphabetically by the first word of the name and fullest details given with each. My intention is to scan all of the pictures with minimal descriptions first and then go back and fill in the details later as there are about 111 different lots of paperwork I have to sort through first.
The final entry will look something like this:-

Johnson (London) - (UK/985/66 JJ Sietas) Johnson Shipping - unloading timber Wisbech.

Tonnages are deadweight as GRT's never really meant much to me - bit thick!

You will notice that most of the shots are of coasters or short sea traders but there is larger stuff and offshore vessels too. I always preferred coasters because you got more old and odd ones in their number but perhaps not so today.

Uploading these old slides onto Fotopic has awakened my interest in ships after 20 years in hibernation and I am actively visiting ports and harbours again.

Whilst all care is taken to ensure accuracy of the information in this site, no responsibility can be taken for errors or the consequences thereof.

About Me

I am a 56 year old retired schoolteacher, still almost sane, who has never grown up and quite pleased about it too. I have been interested in railways for at least 49 of those years. I used to love UK railways but what's to love anymore? I do still photograph in this country, mainly in my own locality, but I do find endless parades of Yings a little depressing.

Location: March, Home of Whitemoor Yard

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1	EDWARD BROUGH (London) - IMO7365904 - GBR/645/74 Scheeps Gebr Coops, Hoogezand, 264 - Gillie & Blair - Wisbech, to unload soya, approaching the swinging berth.	COASTERS E..........	(39)
2	AMBIENCE (Rochester) - IMO6924143 - GBR/591/69 Drypool Eng. Co., Hull, No.25 - Crescent Shipping - Kings Lynn	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(16)
3	Edward Brough (London) - IMO7365904 - GBR/645/74 Scheeps Gebr Coops, Hoogezand, 264 - Gillie & Blair - Wisbech, to unload soya, approaching the swinging berth.	COASTERS E..........	(16)
4	EDWARD BROUGH (London) - IMO7365904 - GBR/645/74 Scheeps Gebr Coops, Hoogezand, 264 - Gillie & Blair - Wisbech, to unload soya, going astern to its berth.	COASTERS E..........	(16)
5	AMBIENCE (Rochester) - IMO8201600 - GBR/825/82 Cubow Ltd., Woolwich, No.720 - Crescent Shipping - Woolwich	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(14)
6	EMINENCE (Rochester) - IMO6910441 - GBR/1656/69 Goole SB & R Co., Goole, No.565 - Crescent Shipping - Tilbury	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(12)
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8	FORTH CONSTRUCTOR (Leith) - IMO8890592 - GBR/250/67 - Briggs Commercial, Burntisland - Harwich, outward bound	DREDGERS AND ASSOCIATED VESSELS	(11)
9	PERELLE (Guernsey) - IMO7711402 - CHL/1559/79 JW Cook, Wivenhoe, No.1458 - Onesimus Dorey - Kings Lynn	COASTERS P..........	(10)
10	BIG ORANGE XVIII (Tondsberg) - IMO8311314 - NOR/2045/84 Ulstein Hatlo AS, Ulsteinvik, No.190 - Survey Ship - W Wilhelmsen - Yarmouth	RESEARCH AND SURVEY VESSELS	(10)
11	EMINENCE (Rochester) - IMO6910441 - GBR/1656/69 Goole SB & R Co., Goole, No.565 - Crescent Shipping - Boston	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(9)
12	MALTA (Valletta) - IMO8730341 - MLT/1068/87 Drobeta TS, No.1410003 - Van Oord Dredging - Hopper Barge - Gdynia, working with sister 'Aglona' and dredger 'Kategats'.	VAN OORD NV, Rotterdam, Netherlands	(9)
13	ANNE-S (Kampen) - IMO9148178 - NLD/3471/97 Scheeps Peters, Kampen, No.451 - 89.0 x 12.4 - H Steenstra - Gravesend, outward bound from Erith Oil Wharf.	06/10/09 - 05/11/09: RECENT PICTURES	(9)
14	ARGUS PRIDE (London) - IMO6422638 - GBR/812/64 Scheeps Bodewes Volharding, Foxhol, No.160 - Crescent Shipping - Boston	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(8)
15	CAPTION (Rochester) - IMO5402241 - GBR/269/63 R Dunston, Hessle, No.S797 - Crescent Shipping - Tilbury	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(8)
16	EDWARD BROUGH (London) - IMO7365904 - GBR/645/74 Scheeps Gebr Coops, Hoogezand, 264 - Gillie & Blair - Wisbech, to unload soya, going astern upriver	COASTERS E..........	(8)
17	CRESCENCE (Rochester) - IMO8104307 - GBR/825/82 Cubow Ltd., Woolwich, No.719 - Crescent Shipping - Kings Lynn	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(8)
18	EMILY PG (Shoreham) - IMO7910321 - GBR/1050/79 Yorkshire DD CO., Hull, No.266 - Giles Pritchard-Gordon - Wisbech	COASTERS E..........	(8)
19	FORTH BOXER (Leith) - 1995 - 18.6 x 6.1 - Briggs Commercial - Felixstowe, work boat and tug to the dredger as required.	DREDGERS AND ASSOCIATED VESSELS	(8)
20	BLATENCE (Rochester) - IMO6915867 - GBR/591/69 JR Hepworth, Hull, No.104 - Crescent Shipping - Wisbech - 25/09/89 sank off Buckie	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(7)
21	BLATENCE (Rochester) - IMO6915867 - GBR/591/69 JR Hepworth, Hull, No.104 - Crescent Shipping - Wisbech - 25/09/89 sank off Buckie	CRESCENT SHIPPING, Rochester	(7)
22	F113 Falmouth (Royal Navy) - 2800FL/61 Swan Hunter - Rothesay Class Frigate - Portsmouth - scrapped 1989	NAVAL VESSELS	(7)
23	GAELIC FERRY (London) -IMO5427148 - GBR/1646/64 Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Wallsend, No.2001 - Townsend Thoresen - Tilbury Dock, laid up - 23/2/88 BU Kaohsiung.	RO/RO CARGO VESSELS	(7)
24	SLOMAN RECORD (Hamburg) - IMO7812892 - DEU/2625/79 Howaldswerke Deutsche Industrie Werke, Kiel, No.147 - Sloman Schiffs - Felixstowe Dock Basin	SLOMAN NEPTUN SCHIFFAHRTS, Bremen, Germany.	(7)
25	WANI POINT (Bridgetown) - IMO7708405 - BRB/2525/79 Sing Koon Seng Shipyard, Singapore, No.428 - Continental Ship Management - loading grain on the River Ouse, Kings Lynn - ex Lys Point, which see	COASTERS W..........	(7)