FIREING UP THE 'LYDIA EVA' STEAM TRAWLER,DRIFTER.
BOOKING A TRIP ON LYDIA EVA.
All safety equipment is provided for you, lifebelts etc. There are basic toilet facilities on board, hot/cold drinks are available throughout the voyage, thou' there is no alcohol on board. You are very welcome to bring a picnic lunch. Passengers are strongly advised to wear 'non slip' soled shoes and to bring suitable warm and weather proof clothing suitable for being out in the elements all day.
Prices for 2012.
Prices are per person per trip
Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth £175.00
Great Yarmouth to Lowestoft £175.00
Great Yarmouth to Great Yarmouth £175.00
Gt. Yarmouth to Lowestoft Air Show,
Returning to Gt, Yarmouth £225.00
Gt. Yarmouth to Kings Lynn
Kings Lynn to Gt Yarmouth T.B.C.
Daily Charters are available min 8 passengers
Prices on request.
For all enquires & bookings contact Peter Barnes - tel 01508 498126 or enquires@lydiaeva.org.uk
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LYDIA EVA was the last vessel built by Hutchinson King's Lynn Slipway Company at a yard where a pea-canning factory now stands. She was ordered by Harry Eastick, member of the Gorleston-on-Sea family which has owned and sailed drifters for over 120 years. At her launching she was given the name of his daughter.
She was larger than most of the drifters, and intended to be fast and to carry half as many nets again as other craft. Her size also allowed a trawl winch to be fitted forward of the wheelhouse so that she could change from drifting to trawling in 48 hours. She was originally built to fish off the Norwegian deep water grounds, but on completion the owner changed his mind. 60 tons of iron ballast were added -- 30 tons under the aft cabin and 30 tons forward. Gallows were fitted on all four quarters, but the forward pair was removed at a later date when the craft was re-employed as a drift netter. She operated as a drifter from 1930 to 1942.
LYDIA EVA's first voyage was to Castlebay in July 1930, landing her catch at Oban. She operated there for seven weeks, making her owner £3,000. Before the winter, she returned to Yarmouth and continued to fish for eight years before the great slump. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty on 10 December 1942 and became a mooring depot for the Air Ministry's Bombing and Gunnery School at Abersoch in Anglesey.
From there, she moved to Ilfracombe and in 1945, went to Maryport in Cumberland for two years, before going on to Weymouth. In 1952, she returned to Cumbria aned was based at Whitehaven where she stayed until 1960. Her last duty was with the Marine Services Division of the Royal Navy of Pembroke Dock in South Wales. In 1968, her disposal was approved and she was fully de-equipped. She was advertised for sale and sold out of service in 1969 to Turner & Hickman Ltd, Cayman Islands. In 1972, she was acquired by the Maritime Trust for preservation, restored, and opened to the public at Yarmouth between 1970 and 1978, and subsequently in London. In 1995, the Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Trust bought LYDIA EVA for one pound and restored her. She was moved to East Anglia for display.
A Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £839,000 was awarded to LYDIA EVA in March 2007 and local shipyard Small & Co hauled the boat out, beginning to strip the hull back to bare metal to enable a detailed survey. The Trust anticipated that 60% of the hull's steel plates would need to be replaced before LYDIA EVA could be relaunched in summer 2007. The HLF grant and money subsequently raised by the Trust totalled nearly £1.2 million, with the Trust still needing to raise another £100,000 for renewal of rigging, as well as restoration of the wheelhouse and crew quarters.
August:
Thursday 23rd Great Yarmouth to Lowestoft
All on Board: 0900h Great Yarmouth South Quay
Disembark: 1330h Lowestoft Heritage Quay
Friday 31st Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth
All on Board:1030h Lowestoft Heritage Quay
Disembark: 1715 Great Yarmouth South Quay
September:
Proposed voyage to Kings Lynn around second week of the month. Details still to be finalised
October:
Saturday 6th Great Yarmouth to Lowestoft
All on Board:0840 Great Yarmouth South Quay
Disembark: Lowestoft (exact location TBA)
Please Note: All voyages are subject to weather conditions.
Lydia Eva arriving in Great Yarmouth April 2013
Lydia Eva steaming from Lowestoft, where she has been for Winter maintenance, to Great Yarmouth, 21st April 2013. On display moored at South Quay, Great Yarmouth as a floating maritime museum throughout the rest of Spring and Summer. Steam Drifter Experience Days voyage schedule can be checked on the website:
Caister lifeboat rescue exercise from the Lydia Eva steam drifter.
via YouTube Capture
[Wikipedia] Lydia Eva (steam drifter)
The Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fishing fleet based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The Great Yarmouth herring fleet had made the town the major herring port in the world in the early part of the 20th century. She is listed as part of the National Historic Fleet.
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Lydia Eva under steam.flv
Just a short film showing the Lydia Eva underway by steam leaving Lowestoft and then arriving at its home port of Great Yarmouth.
Vessels full history can be found here,
Falcon meets Lydia Eva, Lacons Brewery promotion
Steam Launch Falcon from the Museum of the Broads berth's alongside Lydia Eva.
This launch built in 1895 for the Lacon family is being used to promote the reintroduction of Lacon Ales which are again now going to be brewed in Great Yarmouth. The Launch takes on a cask of ale for delivery to Norwich.
Lydia Eva at sea October 2011.wmv
The 1930's steam drifter Lydia Eva sailing under her own steam from Great Yarmouth to Lowestoft on 1st October 2011
Lydia Eva - Crew Bunks.
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Stern crew quarters showing the four bunk beds below deck, on the Lydia Eva, YH89, the last steam powered Herring drifter in the world. Moored at South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, during the summer months. Number 2 of 4 videos.
Lydia Eva and Great Yarmouth 150 years of history.
Pictures and Postcards of Great Yarmouth's past and Lydia Eva the very last of the Herring Drifters without which there would be no Great Yarmouth.
(2) Lydia Eva & Mincarlo at their winter berth.
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Lydia Eva, the last Steam powered Herring Drifter, and Mincarlo, Diesel Powered Side Winder Trawler at their winter berth at Small & Co Boatyard, Lowestoft. Both are looked after by The Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited.
1930's built LYDIA EVA YH89 being towed from Lowestoft back to Great Yarmouth 30/4/16
LYDIA EVA YH89 built in 1930 is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fleet that was based at great yarmouth.today under tow due to
a boiler breakdown she left Lowestoft with tugs ems defender and ems surveyor and headed back to great yarmouth.
Lydia-Eva Steaming.
The Lydia-Eva steaming from Great Yarmouth to Lowestoft on the 6th of October 2012.
The last surviving of over 1000 Drifters that sailed out to catch the shoals of Herring.
Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival 2017
Highlights from day 1 of the 2017 Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival with demonstrations of craft including Boarder force vessel 'Alert', Rapid Response Water Sports Rescue, Both of Great Yarmouth & Gorleston's Lifeboats, Norfolk Police boat and a tour of the former fishing vessel 'Lydia Eva' .
Followed by a real live rescue, as a broads cruiser lost power and drifted under the Haven bridge towards the sea, before being assisted by the emergency services.
Heritage - discover unexpected history and heritage in Great Yarmouth
With fascinating ruins and beautiful architecture from almost every era dating back from the Roman times, Great Yarmouth is a surprising heritage explorers’ treasure trove. Find out more at
Gateway to the historic Broads and home to England’s second most complete medieval town wall as well as the best preserved Roman ruins in East Anglia, Great Yarmouth has a proud maritime heritage, beautifully brought to life aboard the Lydia Eva, a restored steam drifter moored on South Quay and annually at the Maritime Festival. Traditional Great Yarmouth Row houses, the oldest gaol in the country, former smoke houses and the remains of 13th century Franciscan cloisters all have a story to tell.
Greater Yarmouth likes to tell it’s heritage story differently than most, and considering it’s long tradition as a seaside resort, the Joyland snails, the Old Penny Museum and the Scenic Railway wooden rollercoaster ridden every time by a brake man give a retro seaside heritage edge to Great Yarmouth’s popular seafront.
Discover the unexpected in Greater Yarmouth, it's far more than just a seaside resort, with a fascinating multi-faceted history to relate to visitors who take the time to delve a little deeper.
Heritage - discover unexpected history and heritage in Great Yarmouth
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Featured in this short film: Lydia Eva last Steam Drifter, The Tolhouse Gaol, Greyfriars’ Cloisters, Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life, the Nelson Museum, Joyland Snails, the Old Penny Museum at Merrivale, St. George’s Theatre, Great Yarmouth Potteries and Smoke House, Burgh Castle, the Elizabethan House, the Scenic Railway at the Pleasure, Great Yarmouth Minster, Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival.
Heritage in HD trailer
Available on DVD and Blu-Ray
PAL region 0 Running time approximately 100 minutes
An overview of heritage traction from the 50's, 60's and 70's running on todays mainline. Primarily filmed in the south east region of the UK between 2009 and 2013. Featuring loco hauled freight, departmental, railtours, charters, DRS Cruise Saver Express boat trains, the Yarmouth drags, the Northern Bell, test trains, RHTT, unit drags, barrier moves, loco convoys plus a host of unusual Z, X and Q workings.
Featuring mainline action form the following classes of locomotive 20, 31, 33, 37, 43, 47, 50, 55, 56, 73, 86, 87 and 97 filmed in high definition at a variety of lineside locations.
The film contains no incidental music or commentary so you can enjoy the sights and sounds of locomotives in action.
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Patriot coming alongside at Gt Yarmouth, 16 December, 2914
Short-sea trader Patriot entering harbour and coming alongside at the Port of Great Yarmouth on 16th December, 2014.
Lydia-Eva Bits and Pieces
Steaming home from Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth 21/04/2013.
Never Turn Back
This is the story of the Beauchamp lifeboat disaster that that happened at Caister in Norfolk in 1901.
Lydia Eva's Squit and Polish
Keith Skipper's Squit and Polish show held at the Gorleston Pavilion Theatre to raise funds to keep Lydia Eva, the World's last coal fired herring drifter ship steaming.