Gun Boats built by Forrestt and son at Wivenhoe.
The first gun boat built was the El-Fateh sternwheel river gun boat for the Egyptian war department for Lord Kitchener's Nile expedition. 1x12pounder 2x6 pounders, 1 howitzer and 2 maxim guns. She was 140 feetx24feetx4foot 6inchesx 2foot 6inches draught 14kn. built 1896-99 for the Sudan Government department of steamers and boats.
El Naser ... Sternwheel river gunboat for the Egyptian war department for Lord Kitchener's expedition she carried 1x12pounder ,2x6pounders 1howitzerand 1 maxim gun, she was the same dimensions as El Fateh
Ez-Zafeh the same as above boats .
Other boats built at forrestt yard were the well known Maindy ships
Maindy Transport 953 gross ton's one of nine vessel's which wer ordered by the Maindy shipping company of Cardiff, she sank after a convoy collision on the 10/12/1942..
Maindy Tower , 975 gross ton's, wrecked of Blyth on 11/3/1959.
Maindy Keep, 973 gross tons founded on passage from Swansea to Bordeaux with coal.
Maindy Cottage ,973 gross tons , The Maindy shipping company went into receivership and the vessel was completed in1922 on behalf of the receivers.
One more Maindy was to towed to Holland to be completed and the sixth was still on the blocks when Otto Anderson purchased the yard..
The last three Maindy boats were never laid down.
They also built 23 Dabchick one design racing yachts for the Lower Thames Yacht club c.1895.
TheDry dock was completed in 1889.
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