12:39am 11-30-2022

Gerald Caswell

I am married to Ann Irvin of North Shields.

10:14pm 04-29-2020

Mr Ian anderson

My grandfather was lost overboard from the trawler river esk on the 22 feb 1922 does any one have any info or a photo of the trawler river esk official no 143872.
[email protected]
Many thanks

5:22pm 05-02-2018

carol dunn

Forgot to mention about Whaling in the Western Cape that I have numerous photos of the boats, stations and people of that era. Not sure who they are but understand they are part of the whalers.

5:20pm 05-02-2018

carol dunn

Looking for NICKOLAS CAPANA from about 1870 onwards whose family of father and sons (Nickolas being one son) whalers around the Western Cape, or Robben Island . Nickolas married in the western cape and did not go on with the rest of the family WHALING. Mention of Norwegian boats was the employment , and later when Johnson started the fishing company in early 1920-1930's

8:35am 01-05-2017

Darren Bullard

Hello, my wifes grandfather was on the Ben Roy during WW2, I have hunted for a photo for years, do you know of the existence of one? would be happy to pay for a copy if one was available.

12:47am 10-22-2016

Bill Brown

As part of my family research, I came across fishingboatheritage.com and found that my grandfather William Nichols was only one of 3 survivors of SN 275 Lily sunk after striking a mine on 7.10.1914.

1:53am 12-28-2014

Simon Watt

I have a brass model harpoon identical to the example on your homepage. I wonder how many were made? My Grandfather Norman Watt worked for the company from 1919 (the year it was taken over by Lever Bros) until 1940. He named the utility vessels after his two boys Peter and Paul, I think he may have been the operations director.

6:58pm 01-07-2014

Magnus Jahnke

Hello Ulf I Gustavsson, I am doing a reseach on Carl Ossian Johnson. It would be interesting to read your PhD-thesis. Where can I get it?

9:51am 10-06-2013

Jerry Veitch

Thanks for a wonderful site.. stumbled on it whilst looking for
Broomielaw...There was the Sound Of Jura being towed up the river...
I had to find out who she was.
Jerry in Newfoundland...Boat repair type.

5:11am 09-09-2013

kay morrison

i stumbled upon this whilst looking for information on my great great grandfather Captain Rochester, it was lovely to see his life has made it onto the internet and to see pictures of the ships he sailed. we recently found the flags from the sound of jura and the lakemba, it was surreal holding a piece of history in my own hands. thankyou very much for putting this online its a pleasure to look over, and thankyou to the Henderson family for the beautiful doll'shouse that was made for Captain Rochester's daughter Katherine, my daughter, another Katherine, Captain Rochester's great great great granddaughter spends many happy hours playing with it as i did and my mother, grandmother, and great grandmother did before her.

8:16am 03-16-2013

William Harrison

I sailed on BEN SCREEL, BEN LORA, BEN TARBERT,BEN HIELIAM,

BEN LOYAL, BEN MEDIE, BEN GULVAIN,AND HER SISTER SHIP, !!!!!! AND A HAPPY BUNCH OF MATE'S NEARLY ALL GONE NOW THOUGH CHEER'S

7:43am 07-16-2012

Eileen langdale

Further to my message re William Clift. I have since discovered that he was a seaman and not a pilot and drowned of the coast of Africa. Regards, Eileen

5:15am 07-09-2012

Eileen Langdale

Thank you for such an interesting website. I was drawn to it because I recently discovered that the son of a great grand aunt, namely William Clift, was drowned at sea while serving on The Sound of Jura in 1911. In the 1911 census for South Shields he is described a a pilot at his home address, so I don't understand how he came to be on this ship unless he decided to go to sea after the census. Alternatively he might have drowned while boarding the ship from the pilot vessel. I need to find the ship's log to know if it was at sea on 6th October 1911 and hope to find this out at Tyne & wear Archives next time I can spend time in Newcastle. Best regards, Eileen

5:32pm 06-30-2012

Justin Rimmel

Hello, just saying hi. The photographer you mentioned 'Etienne Peau' is a relative of mine. My grandmother being a Peau from Le Harve left and came to America after WW2. This was her uncle I believe. I did not know this on him. Very informing. Thank You.

7:45am 12-17-2011

M, Ennis

I am the last apprentice fitter at Shields Engineering Leaving to go to sea in 1963, on the Fish Quay it was called "The Haddock Shop", if I can be of help I will try
Regards Michael

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