SHIPS IN THE HARBOUR

NIce shot of the Brighton getting her spruce-up on the grid. The steamer ahead of her would be the Londres, I'm sure. I remember the Denrow here for years!

Any idea of the year? The AA Raymond has yet to make it up to the Marine Shops, there's a very small sand dredger at the 'coal wharf' being unloaded by crane. Late 50's or very early 60's probably.

An interesting photo. I think the trawler inboard of "Denrow" might well be the "Royela" owned by a Mr Roy Greening ( his wifes name was Elaine, hence the vessels mix of dual names). This vessel left and went to the Channel Islands for a while before working out of Rye, East Sussex, for her last period of fishing. She was decommissioned and broken up I believe around the early 1999 /2000 time in accordance with EU Fishing schemes which offered to decommission such craft.

The "Denrow" unfortunately went to a watery grave when she sprung a plank and sank some miles off Newhaven Harbour in the mid 1970's.

This picture was taken during 1960's as sheerlegs are still there together with the handsome T.S. Brighton in her original buff colour scheme, although she is having some major overhaul work carried out while on the gridiron.

TSS Dinard: I was so excited to find this photograph as I have an identical in our family album.

Do you have any Newhaven-based photos in the family album that you could share with us? Andy, Editor.