The Boatbuilders of the 'Upstream' yard

Boatbuilding started in 1528 on the 'upstream' side of Wivenhoe on the River Colne

A drawing of the upstream shipyard circa 1903

Bayard Brown's yacht Valfreyia in dry dock showing gantry in background.

A model of the 'William Fall' a steam trawler built at Wivenhoe

Photo: Peter Hill

Army tug built by Rennie Forrestt in World War 1

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The Volta, here suspended from a crane, about to be lowered into the river. In this picture her streamlined underwater shape can clearly be seen.

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The Boatbuilders who operated at the upstream Wivenhoe yard (Note: Some of these names are underlined to indicate that by clicking on the name it wil take you to some more information about that particular boatbuilder).
1528	John Gylot
1541	William Porter
1544	Henry Spyney
1546	John Chapman
1558	Thomas Craft
1597	Thomas Croftes
1615	William Patrick
1650	Robert and John Page
1697	William Barnsley
1723	William King
1734	Austin Stanley
1746	John Davis
1750	John Iffe
1760	George Wyatt
1780	Moses Game
1800	William Hawkins
1801	Joseph Cole
1804	Philip J., Philip M., & Robert Sainty
1815	Daniel Cole
1832	Thomas Harvey
1860	John Harvey
1882	Edwin Wilkins
1888	Forrestt & Sons (1904 – Forrestt & Sons Ltd and later Forrestt & Co.Ltd) Company. Originally established in 1788 to build ships, boats and yachts at Norway Yard at Limehouse on the River Thames, near London. They built the dry dock at Wivenhoe in 1889.
1912	Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Drydock Co. Ltd
1920	Rennie Ritchie & Newport Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
1925	Otto Anderson & Co (London) Ltd
1927	Arthur R. Brown
1930	Shipbuilders Securities Ltd
1939	Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd (NB associated with Rowhedge Ironworks)
1960	Whitehead Engineering Ltd (marine outdrives)
1964	Then for timber wharfage: Merediths
1980	Chelmer Cargo Services
1981	Wivenhoe Port Ltd