Articles:
Where anchorsmiths got their materials - By John Rushton
One of the earliest recorded anchorsmiths on the Yorkshire coast was at Scarborough as early as 1391. This was in the reign of King Richard the Second. He may well have been at the haven for...
Scarborough boats
Written by George Westwood - Scarborough boats from the turn of the century
Picture above : A typical mounts bay lugger unloads its catch of herring onto a cart at low water at Scarborough.One such boat is recorded to ha...
Scarborough's early industries - By John Rushton
Scarborough shipbuiding in the 19th century Scarborough shipbuilding was a contracting industry after the ending of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. The 1824 reciprocity treaties were blamed for the...
Hispaniola
The Hispaniola Aquarium
In 1950 Walt Disney released their first completely live action film, Treasure Island, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel. The ship they used for the Hispaniola was brought to Scarborough and t...
A Forgotten Talent by Johannes Erdmann
John A. Ley, a Scarborough man, built splendid little yachts. Only one of them became famous when a German yachtsman sailed the 23-foot-sloop ‘Kathena’ around the world. But it was not t...
John Parkin - Scarborough sailmaker turned bailiff.
Wyvill Todd in 1782 and Thomas Parkin in 1796 were Scarborough sailmakers. Little is known of them or of others in the craft. Their sail lofts were near the harbour. Both Scarborough and Whitby a...
Scarborough sailing ships - Mercia and A.I.
This article appeared first in the Scarborough Evening News in 1934. It was written by Douglas J Boyle.
It is not at all easy to build up accounts of our sailing ships from odd conversations we ...
The stories below appeared in a series of articles by Forrest Frank in 1920 in the Scarborough Daily Post. This article concerns stories told by Captain Wyrill
It used to be said of our North-East Coast shipbuilders that they would either buil...
The following story is based upon a real life account written by Forrest Frank based upon a story by Captain John Wilson. These appeared in the Scarborough Daily Post in 1920 as part of the 'Sea Dogs' stories by Forrest Frank.
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Shipbuilding
This page features articles on this website that mention shipbuilding in some way.
Allen and Truman Scarborough fishing families
The Allen and Truman Scarborough fishing families The writer of this history d...
Shipbuilding in Scarborough: wooden barques & schooners
The following article was written by Douglas J Boyle and was first printed in the Scarborough Evening News on January 1st 1934. It was added to the Maritime archives by Van...
Scarborough's Sir Edward Harland - Belfast Shipbuilder
Sir Edward Harland was buried in 1895 in Belfast. He set up the world famous Harland and Wolff shipbuilding yards in the North of Ireland. His connection with Scarborough is less well know...
