Herring drifters, Great Yarmouth
Steam drifters in port with steam tug
Great Yarmouth Port Authority
Steam drifters and other vessels in port
Great Yarmouth Port Authority
Drifters and barrels at the Fish Wharf
Great Yarmouth Port Authority
Massed drifters and goods tramway, South Quay
Great Yarmouth Port Authority
Scottish steam drifters at Bollard Quay
Great Yarmouth Port Authority
Steam drifters from Fishermans Quay
Great Yarmouth Port Authority
Photographs of Scottish steam drifters and other vessels, c1910-1930
By Paul Douch
Photo 1 shows steam drifters moored in port, with a steam tug in foreground (possibly the George Jewson, owned by the Port Authority?)
Photo 2 shows a mixture of fishing vessels. The one in the foreground appears to have come further than the Scottish drifters, the stern reading Iceland - Stryn?
Photo 3 is a busy scene at the Fish Wharf. It features a line of Scottish steam drifters from ports such as Buckie and Peterhead. Working to clear the many barrels are several horse-drawn flat-bed wagons, one of which bears the name Spandler(?), Carriers. At left is the crane built in 1903 to unload coal for Yarmouth Gasworks.
Photo 4 is an atmospheric view taken from the rooftops, showing smacks and drifters moored five or six deep probably along South Quay. Visible at left is the goods tramway with trucks loaded with coal. On the Southtown bank lie a three-masted sailing vessel (possibly a timber trader) and a steam vessel with two funnels.
With photo 5 we seem to have moved forward in time, the massed ranks of Scottish drifters all being converted to steam. They are lying at Bollard Quay, Southtown and include boats from Buckie, Fraserburgh, Inverness and Peterhead.
In photo 6 it looks like a bright morning as the camera points downriver from Fishermans Quay. The Scottish drifters are moored bow to quay on the South Denes bank and a Yarmouth vessel lies in the foreground with two small smacks.
We don't have dates for these photos. I'd estimate 1910s-1920s for the first four, and probably a few years later for the last two. Can you be more precise?