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Steamers

  • Cecil Rhodes - a steamer for Lake Tanganyika

    Cecil Rhodes - a steamer for Lake Tanganyika

    Built in Wivenhoe by Forrestt & Sons in 1898 completed in 1899
  • Small tugs built for the War Department, Royal Engineers.

    Small tugs built for the War Department, Royal Engineers.

    Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co. Ltd (3)
  • The Pyefleet Oyster Dredger

    The Pyefleet Oyster Dredger

    She worked on the River Colne
  • The Steamer 'Tern' at Windermere

    The Steamer 'Tern' at Windermere

    Built by Forrestt and Sons 1891
  • The Wreck of the Cecil Rhodes in Lake Tanganyika

    The Wreck of the Cecil Rhodes in Lake Tanganyika

    This vessel, built by Forrestts of Wivenhoe in 1899 for service on this lake, was sunk by enemy action in 1914
Maritime
  • 'Friday' Green and Elise - CK299
  • A Wivenhoe "landmark" the Cap Pilar
  • About Thomas and John Harvey in the 1800s
  • About William Sanford b. 1749 -1830
  • Cox & King, Wivenhoe
  • Guy Harding's Boatyard in the 1980s
  • Mersea Museum
  • R.Y.S. Britannia
  • Rosabelle Stores
  • Swedish timber ships
  • The Boatbuilders of the 'Upstream' yard
  • The Cap Pilar
  • The Jessie Annandale
  • The Minesweeper 'Beveland' built at Wivenhoe in 1943
  • The Northseamen
  • The Racing Yacht "Genesta"
  • The Story of Cooks Shipyard
  • Vote of Thanks to the Forces in 1917 by the Houses of Parliament
  • Wivenhoe as a port in the late 1500s
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