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Favourite - BK11
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Favourite (BK11)seen here at berth in St Peters Marina, Newcastle Upon Tyne (North East England) on 20th May 2007.
Another fine restoration of a fishing vessel which received mention in our local newspaper:
"Boat to be a floating museum - Apr 3 2007
By The Evening Chronicle
http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/
An old fishing boat will live on as a floating museum after reaching the end of her working life.
Enthusiasts saved the 13-tonne seine netter Favourite from the scrapheap after she ceased fishing in February and is now berthed on the Tyne at St Peter's Basin where repair work is being carried out before she starts to visit various maritime festivals.
She belongs to the Northumberland Fishing Heritage Trust set up by marine enthusiasts Chris Malkin, Peter Weightmann, Ted Smith and Gordon Brown. Mr Malkin said: "She was built by South Shields boatbuilder Fred Crowell in 1947 and worked for more than 20 years from Seahouses and 30 years from St Abbs. There aren't many boats like this around at all now."
Well that's the EC for you - I've been searching the Net for further information on this beauty but cannot find anything - don't suppose you have anything on her?
Regards
Steve E.
http://www.trawlerpi...sa=view;id=3203
Thanks for that - email sent to Chris to see if he can add any details on the history of the boat
Regards
Steve E.
Peter's one of the people behind the north east maritime trust - http://nemaritimetrust.co.uk/ I'm in the process of doing the website for them so there's not a huge amount on there at the minute, but I've some stuff about Favourite to stick up there over the next day or 2. they've a couple of old Cobles they are restoring at the minute and an old lifeboat - The Frederick Swan
she was built by Walter Reekie at St Monans in 1948, and worked out of Seahouses most of her life, and was restored by Fred Crowell at South Shields early 2007 and there's a fantastic(not) old fifie parked in front of her now!
Is that The Frederick Swan in Royal Quays Marina Boatyard?
Weird that clicking on this link brings up a 404 Error - but a cut and paste into a browser brings the site up no bother?
http://nemaritimetrust.co.uk/
Regards
Steve E.
have a wander down there. They are at wapping st in south shields, and are there every wednesday and are a very welcoming bunch of chaps
Yes I checked out the web site and read the piece on the former lifeboat - must be a different one (much later model) in the Boatyard - I'll have to dig my passport out to cross the border and take a look around SSS
Regards
Steve E.
"She was built by South Shields boatbuilder Fred Crowell in 1947...."
by my reckon Fred would have been less that 5 years old at the time!
I was lucky to get some lego at that age!