The Sloop - 'Amy Howson' Keadby.
9.2.2015. Now owned by the Humber Keel & Sloop Preservation Society Ltd the 'Amy Howson' was built by Scarrs of Beverley in 1914 for George Robert Scaife who carried coal from the Yorkshire Coalfields to Beverley for the local coal merchants. He also transported grain from Hull docks to Sheffield. After changing ownership a number of times (having carried chalk,stone, parcels and general goods) she was fitted with a diesel engine and continued to work until the late 1960's when, due to competition from cheaper road transport, she was laid up in the River Hull.
Five years of re-building and restoration by the H.K.S.P.S. Ltd was rewarded in 1981 when she was the first ship to sail under the Humber Bridge when it was opened by the Queen.
She is sailed regularly on the Humber, Trent and Ouse - crewed by enthusiastic volunteers.
She is pictured here, moored up on the Stainforth & Keadby Canal at Keadby.
The Sloop - 'Amy Howson' Keadby.
9.2.2015. Now owned by the Humber Keel & Sloop Preservation Society Ltd the 'Amy Howson' was built by Scarrs of Beverley in 1914 for George Robert Scaife who carried coal from the Yorkshire Coalfields to Beverley for the local coal merchants. He also transported grain from Hull docks to Sheffield. After changing ownership a number of times (having carried chalk,stone, parcels and general goods) she was fitted with a diesel engine and continued to work until the late 1960's when, due to competition from cheaper road transport, she was laid up in the River Hull.
Five years of re-building and restoration by the H.K.S.P.S. Ltd was rewarded in 1981 when she was the first ship to sail under the Humber Bridge when it was opened by the Queen.
She is sailed regularly on the Humber, Trent and Ouse - crewed by enthusiastic volunteers.
She is pictured here, moored up on the Stainforth & Keadby Canal at Keadby.