Lydia Eva (steam drifter)

History
The Lydia Eva
England
Name:	Lydia Eva. HMS Watchmoor
Owner:	Harry Eastick of Gorleston-on-Sea. Mr. Geoffrey Banes of Caenarvonshire Yacht Company. Maritime Trust. Lydia Eva Charitable Trust Ltd.
Operator:	Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Ltd.
Port of registry:	Great Yarmouth
Builder:	Kings Lynn Slipway Co. Ltd.
Laid down:	1930
In service:	Regular experience / passenger days
Identification:	Port Number YH89
Status:	Museum: Floating
General characteristics
Class & type:	Sidewinder trawler
Tonnage:	138 grt 64 net
Length:	95 ft (29 m)
Beam:	20.6 ft (6.3 m)
Depth:	9.8 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power:	Engine: 1930, Crabtree & Co. (R.H. Hutchinson), Triple Expansion, 10" + 17" + 28" x 20". Boiler: 1961, Stockton Chemical Engineers & Riley Boilers Ltd., RT Scotch.

The Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fishing fleet based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.^[1] 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.

References

↑ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.

External links

Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited - official museum site

Lydia Eva at Great Yarmouth

The steam engine

Ships and vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels

Sailing ships	Albion Bloodhound Cambria Cutty Sark Discovery Edith May Excelsior Glenlee Hathor Irene Kathleen & May Lady of the Lea Maud Peggy Reaper Thalatta Will

Steamships	Cervia Duke of Lancaster Explorer Freshspring Gondola Great Britain John H Amos Kingswear Castle Lydia Eva Maid of the Loch Medway Queen Nomadic Robin Ryde Shieldhall Tattershall Castle Waverley Wingfield Castle

Motor vessels	Aberdonia Arctic Corsair Balmoral Bluebird of Chelsea Bustardthorpe Calshot Devon Belle Havengore Karina Lady Wakefield Massey Shaw Mincarlo Pyronaut Ross Tiger Royal Iris SR.N1 Sundowner The Second Snark Tower Belle

Canal vessels	Bessie Birchills Diamond Kildare Peacock Perseverance IV President Stour

Lifeboats	Aguila Wren Forester’s Centenary H F Bailey III Helen Smitton Henry Ramey Upcher J C Madge Jesse Lumb Lucy Lavers The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Thomas McCunn William and Kate Johnstone Zetland

Lightships	Light Vessel 12 Spurn Light Vessel 14 Spurn North Carr

Warships	CMB 4 HMS Alliance HMS Belfast HMS Bronington HMS Caroline HMS Cavalier HMS Gannet HMS Ocelot HMS President HMS Trincomalee HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior HMS Wellington M33 LCT 7074 Mary Rose MTB 102

Vessels of the National Historic Fleet	Albion RNLB Alfred Corry Balmoral Calshot Cambria Cervia CMB 4 Cutty Sark Excelsior Glenlee H F Bailey III Hathor HMS Alliance HMS Belfast HMS Bronington HMS Caroline HMS Cavalier HMS Gannet HMS President HMS Trincomalee HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Holland 1 HQS Wellington Jesse Lumb John H Amos Kathleen and May Kingswear Castle Light Vessel 12 Spurn Lydia Eva M33 Maid of the Loch Mary Rose Massey Shaw Maud Mayflower Medway Queen MTB 102 North Carr Peacock Peggy President Prince Frederick's Barge PS Ryde Pyronaut Reaper Result Royal Yacht Britannia Discovery Sir Walter Scott SS Great Britain SS Nomadic SS Robin SS Shieldhall Sundowner Thalatta The Fairmile Turbinia Waverley Wingfield Castle Zetland

Vessels listed on the National Archive of Historic Vessels	City of Adelaide HMS Stalker Lincoln Castle Manxman Queen Mary Somerset Waterwitch

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