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Engine Room, Lydia Eva
This is the original 1930 Crabtree triple expansion steam engine that was fitted to the Lydia Eva. It underwent a major overhawl a couple of years ago and now steams once again!
Built in 1930 at Kings Lynn and based in Great Yarmouth, Lydia Eva fished along the East Coast and North Sea for nine years. The Royal Air Force brought her in 1939, using her in a variety of roles until she she laid up in 1969.
She was aquired by the Maritime Trust in 1971 and restored as a floating museum in Great Yarmouth.
Lydia Eva joined the Trust's national collection of vessels in London's St. Katherine 's Dock in 1986 but was laid up again in 1990 and eventually returned to East Anglia when the Lydia Eva Charitable Trust Ltd was formed. It leased the ship and shares her between the ports of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.
Engine Room, Lydia Eva
This is the original 1930 Crabtree triple expansion steam engine that was fitted to the Lydia Eva. It underwent a major overhawl a couple of years ago and now steams once again!
Built in 1930 at Kings Lynn and based in Great Yarmouth, Lydia Eva fished along the East Coast and North Sea for nine years. The Royal Air Force brought her in 1939, using her in a variety of roles until she she laid up in 1969.
She was aquired by the Maritime Trust in 1971 and restored as a floating museum in Great Yarmouth.
Lydia Eva joined the Trust's national collection of vessels in London's St. Katherine 's Dock in 1986 but was laid up again in 1990 and eventually returned to East Anglia when the Lydia Eva Charitable Trust Ltd was formed. It leased the ship and shares her between the ports of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.