See ships, boats and visiting vessels at Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
A fascinating range of vessels moor alongside South Quay during Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival for visitors to see. Additional visiting vessels are currently being confirmed with the Habourmaster, so watch this space for more details.
Unfortunately, some ships and boats have to duck out at the last minute, due to operational commitments.
Belgium Minesweeper

She was used to clear WW II mines from the coastal waters left by the Germans.
And is currently used as a promo/museum ship for the Royal Dutch Navy. Fully maintained by volunteers who all served with the navy. Please visit us at Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival.
Enjoy a complete tour of the ship and see with your own eyes how life aboard an old warship is like.
Come aboard! £3 per person
George Stephenson

There is no new wood on board this ship - every plank that you see has been salvaged or recycled from somewhere else along with everything else that you see on board!
There are also two engine rooms - the steam engine was made in Great Yarmouth.
Come aboard! Adults £3, Children £2 (5-16 years) Under 5's FREE
MV Triton

Visitors can also go aboard the trimaran Triton. The Triton, the world’s largest motor-powered trimaran at 97m (318ft) long and now a research vessel owned by local company and festival sponsor Gardline Marine Sciences, but which began life in 2000 as a £13.5m prototype technology test bed for new hull forms and defence systems.
She was sold to Gardline in 2005 for hydrographic survey work for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and has also been contracted to the other side of the world patrolling for the Australian Border Force’s Marine Unit armed with two heavy machine guns.
Come aboard! Adults £3, Children £2 (5-16 years), Under 5's FREE
The Lydia Eva

Built in King's Lynn in 1930 and based in Great Yarmouth, Lydia Eva fished for Silver Darlings along the East Coast and North Sea for nine years until herring stocks declined!
The Royal Air Force brought her in 1939, using her in a variety of roles including salvage during the Second World War until she was laid up in 1969.
She was bought by the Maritime Trust in 1971/2 and restored as a floating museum in Great Yarmouth.
The Lydia Eva Charitable Trust Ltd was formed and opened as a museum. The Trust leases the ship and shares her between the ports of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.
MTB102

This particular MTB was launched in 1937 and saw active service during the Second World War from 1939 to 1940 mainly in the English Channel.
Kelso Films refurbished the MTB102 to be a WWII MTB for their 1976 film, 'The Eagle has landed' which starred Michael Caine.
RNLI

Celebrating nearly 200 years as a lifeboat station, Great Yarmouth & Gorleston have been presented with 58 awards for outstanding rescues.
The station carried out the first Medal award service by a Trent Class lifeboat.
Laura Moncur Lifeboat

Since then, the boat has undergone significant refurbishment and restoration.
Maid Marion

An active member of the Association of Dunkirk Litte Ships, Maid Marion, a 39-foot Cornish Lugger was built in 1925. Originally named 'Westward', the boat was renamed when sold to a fisherman at Porthleven, after his daughter.
Her moment of glory came in the Second World War when she joined the armade of 'little ships' evacuating allied soldiers from Northern France.
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