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Upstream Shipyards

  • A Plaque to Mark 200 Years of Shipbuilding at Wivenhoe

    A Plaque to Mark 200 Years of Shipbuilding at Wivenhoe

    Town Mayor unveils plaque commemorating two hundred years of shipbuilding at what has become called Old Wivenhoe Quay but was once simply known as 'the shipyard'.
  • A ship launch at Wivenhoe Shipyard in 1943

    A ship launch at Wivenhoe Shipyard in 1943

    Ship launches at that time were big social occasions
  • About Thomas and John Harvey in the 1800s

    About Thomas and John Harvey in the 1800s

    Wivenhoe shipbuilders
  • George Wyatt, Shipbuilder

    George Wyatt, Shipbuilder

  • Harvey's Shipyard Fire in 1872

    Harvey's Shipyard Fire in 1872

    A major fire which threatened the whole of lower Wivenhoe
  • Harvey's shipyard in 1878

    Harvey's shipyard in 1878

    An early photograph
  • Moses Game, Shipbuilder

    Moses Game, Shipbuilder

  • Otto Magnus Andersen

    Otto Magnus Andersen

    Wivenhoe's Norwegian entrepreneur.
  • The Boatbuilders of the 'Upstream' yard

    The Boatbuilders of the 'Upstream' yard

    Boatbuilding started in 1528 on the 'upstream' side of Wivenhoe on the River Colne
  • Wivenhoe Shipbuilders - Moses Game

    Wivenhoe Shipbuilders - Moses Game

    Moses Game was a shipbuilder in the 1780s
  • Wivenhoe Shipyard in 1943

    Wivenhoe Shipyard in 1943

    Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd was formed to take over the old Forrestt shipyard which had lain unused since 1936.
  • Rennie Forrestt

    Rennie Forrestt (20)

  • Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd

    Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd (18)

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
  • Boatbuilding
  • Ferry
  • Fishing Smacks
  • Flying Boats
  • Mariners
  • Sailing Boats
  • Sailing Ships
  • Steam Yachts
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