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Delivery Of The First Ever Glass Fibre Built Crab Boat

1977 , Cromer (Norfolk)

Cat no. 110538

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A group of fishermen examine, on Cromer beach, the Paternoster YH63, the first ever glass fibre built crab boat.

A group of Cromer fishermen examine their new boat, the Paternoster YH63. It is the first ever glass fibre built crab boat. The fishermen stand inside the boat, looking around it, on the beach just in front of the Cromer esplanade. Cromer pier can be seen in the background. The crab boat itself was built by Stratton Long of Blakeney for Richard Davies of Cromer.

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Cromer Pier

Keywords

Crab fishing; Fishing boats

Background Information

"The first fibreglass crab boat, the Paternoster YH63, was built by Stratton Long of Blakeney in 1974 for Richard Davies of Cromer. Based on the wooden Charles Perkins, and powered by a Thornycroft 44hp engine, she was 22 feet long with an 8-foot beam and a 1-foot 10-inch draught." - "British Motor Fishing Vessels" by John McWilliams [Amberley Publishing Limited, 2018]

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Delivery Of The First Ever Glass Fibre Built Crab Boat

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