Model, of Yarmouth shrimp boat Coronation

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This wooden model represents the Yarmouth shrimp boat 'Coronation'. The original was built by Beeching Bros for E Liffen and is typical of the small shrimp boats which fished off Great Yarmouth at the end of the 19th century. The model was built to a scale of 1:24 by Mr P A Rumbelow of Great Yarmouth.

'Coronation' would have had a crew of one or two men, or a man and a boy. Her foredeck was protected by a washstrake - the planking at the top of the boat's side. This was characteristic of the shrimping boats.

Sails or oars were used to reach the fishing grounds. Once there, the boat turned broadside to the tide and towed a trawling net in the swift tides. The shrimp catch was sieved at sea to remove seaweed.

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• Online ID: 000-180-002-091-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1983.197
• Date: Model: 20th century; Original: Around 1900
  
• Material: Inscription: YH 671; CORONATION YARMOUTH
  Boat, shrimp / model
  
• Dimensions: 38.00" x 9.00" x 40.00"
  
• What: Boat, shrimp / model
  
• Subject: 23. SHIPPING, Fishing Boats (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Beeching Bros (Builder of the original boat)
  Coronation (Personal name of the boat)
  E. Liffen (Owner of the original boat)
  P.A. Rumbelow, Great Yarmouth, England (Builder of the model)
  
• Where: England, Norfolk, Great Yarmouth
  
• Event:
• Description: Model by P.A. Rumbelow of the shrimp boat, Coronation, originally built by Beeching Bros about 1900
  
• References:
  • Storer, J D. Ship Models in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh: A catalogue of models representing the history of shipping from 1500 BC to the present day. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, 1985, p 65. 
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