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Excelsior is an authentically restored fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet. [1] She was built by John Chambers of Lowestoft in 1921 and worked until 1936 before being converted into a motor coaster. During her time as a motor coaster she was known as Svinør and worked mainly in Norwegian ...
The Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, often referred to as the Lowestoft Raid, was a naval battle fought during the First World War between the German Empire and the British Empire in the North Sea. The German fleet sent a battlecruiser squadron with accompanying cruisers and destroyers, commanded by Rear Admiral Friedrich Boedicker, to ...
The Mincarlo was the type of trawler known as a sidewinder or side trawler. On sidewinders, the trawl nets are deployed over the side with the trawl warps passed through blocks suspended from two gallows. These gallows were forward and aft, on the starboard side of the Mincarlo. The fishing gear consisted of two otter trawls each of which was ...
Minesweeper, bombed at Lowestoft 4 May 1941 HMT Ben Glas: Nov 1939: Minesweeper, lost 4 May 1941 HMT Ben Gulvain: Aug 1939: Auxiliary patrol, Minesweeper, Esso, returned Oct 1944 HMT Ben Heilem: Nov 1939: Minesweeper, returned Aug 1946 HMT Ben Idris: Aug 1939: Minesweeper, returned Apr 1946 HMT Ben Meidie: Jan 1940: Exam, Minesweeper, returned ...
Trawlers of the Royal Navy. Naval trawlers were purpose-built or requisitioned and operated by the Royal Navy (RN), mainly during World Wars I and II. Vessels built to Admiralty specifications for RN use were known as Admiralty trawlers. All trawlers operated by the RN, regardless of origin, were typically given the prefix HMT, for "His Majesty ...
Cybele class (2 ships, launched 1943) towed pressure-mine detonating vessels. Ton-class minesweeper (116 ships, launched 1952–1959) open-water minesweepers, minehunters and mine countermeasures vessels. Ham-class minesweeper (93 ships, launched 1954–1959) inshore minesweepers. Ley-class minehunter (10 ships, launched 1952–1955) inshore ...
The Battle of Lowestoft, 13 June 1665, showing Royal Charles and the Eendracht by Hendrik van Minderhout, painted c. 1665. The ships that participated in the Battle of Lowestoft, a naval engagement between the English and Dutch off the English port of Lowestoft on 13 June 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. 95 English ships (later rising to 100 when ships joined during the battle ...
1914–1919, 1939-1945. Country. United Kingdom. Branch. Royal Navy. The Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a branch of the Royal Navy active during both the First and Second World Wars. The RNPS operated many small auxiliary vessels such as naval trawlers for anti-submarine and minesweeping operations to protect coastal Britain and convoys.