The old sailing barge WYVENHOE seen here was built at Forestts yard at Wivenhoe in the late 1800's.

Look's like they trained them young in those days

Boilermakers at Forrestt's yard at Wivenhoe around 1900.

Most of Wivenhoe were employed in this yard

Old steam yacht in the dry dock in Forrestt;'s shipyard now the site of the Wivenhoe port housing Estate.Forrestt built several houses on Spion Cop ie.1-24 Manor Road to house their skilled staff they bought with them from London.

What industry we had and lost.

An old steam yacht in the dry dock at forrestt's yard Wivenhoe, now the Wivenhoe Port housing Estate.  The dry dock was built around 1888.

Chocks away boy's

Maindy Tower being launched at Forrestt's Shipyard  1920.

Nottage Institute

Would you trust that boiler behind you?

A steam crane in use at Forrestt's shipyard at wivenhoe in 1904. Note the size of the boiler behind the driver, scarey!!

wivenhoe memories collection.

Thanks to John Collins

Bill Ellis built some fine model boats.

A model built by the late Bill Ellis.  It shows the steam, the stern paddle wheel river gunboat, named the EL FATEH. Built at Wivenhoe Shipyard in 1896 by Forrestt and co ltd. for the Kitchener Nile expedition against forces of the Mahdi in the Sudan.

Dimentions  lengtht on deck 140 feet, beam 24 feet.

Speed            14 miles per hour.

Armament   1 12 pounder Q.F. gun.2. 6 pounder Q.F. Guns,  1 Nordenfeldt Howitzer.
                      2, batteries of maxim guns.

Commander of the boat was Lt. David Beatty R.N.

The boat wears the flag of the Khedive of Egypt.
The gun boats were built in sections and reassembled in Alexandria.
There were two other gun boats of the same dimensions , the En-Naser  Ez-Zafeh

There was some fast yacht's built here

The U.S Yacht Vim built for Vanderbilt at  around 1900-1910.

Wivenhoe Memories collection.
Thanks to John Collins.

You won't get many rivets in standing there.

I think these are riveter's, looking at the shape of the hammers, at Forrest's Shipyard, date unknown.

They are all Wivenhoe Men.

Wivenhoe Memories collection