Lowestoft Shipbuilding

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Hull Construction 'Bolton Abbey'

Introduction

In the period 1900-1993 the Lowestoft ship building and repair yards were major employers.
In the 1950's including sub contractors, the workforce exceeded one thousand
The port's two leading yards were Richards Shipbuilders and Brooke Marine Ltd., who
between them built many hundreds of steel vessels, including Naval craft.
The following sequence of photos showing the building of a typical steel vessel,
has been prepared on behalf of the Lowestoft Maritime Museum by Brooke Archives.
The "Bolton Abbey" was the first of a pair (Yard Nos.261 & 262) of 303ft 2700 tons
passenger/cargo vessels built for Associated Humber Lines Ltd. of Hull and was
completed in May 1958.

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Posted:Dec 28, 2010 11:29:38 AM GMT

Past President

Some years ago, my father Cdr Ralph Jenkins was President of the Museum and if he was alive today - he would be extremely proud of how hard the current volunteers have worked to build on, and indeed improve the museum and this WEB site is an outstanding example of the work still being carried out by the Society today. Paul Jenkins (living in Sussex - but heart in Lowestoft & OB !!)

Paul Jenkins Lower Beeding, West Sussex