Essex Heritage Workboats Register
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Cargo Vessel
Thames Sailing Barges - Motor Barges - Open Boats - Ketches - Lighters
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Fishing Vessel
Fishing Smack - Oyster Smack - Bawley - Cockler - Skiff
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Harbour Vessel
Tugs - Dredgers - Workboats - Harbour Launch
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Passenger Vessel
Ferry - Pleasure Craft - Trip Boat
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Small Craft
Punts - Tenders - Pull Skiffs - Tow Boat
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Infrastructure
Wharfs - Quaysides - Slipways - Cranes
What Makes A Heritage Essex Workboat?
Vessels that were built in the Coastal Communities of Essex for a variety of Maritime Commercial Activities. Each type of vessel containing unique design traits making them indicative of not only their requirements to work in a geographically location but of the wider standing within a social context of a time period.
Built in Essex
The Vessel was built in Essex before 1965
Built to Work
The Vessel was built for commercial purpose
Built to Last
The Vessel still exists for another generation
Submit to the Vessel Register
If you have a vessel that is not on the register that fits the criteria of being an Essex Heritage Work Boat please do get in touch with her details or if you have further information of a vessels heritage, we would love to hear from you.
This is an organic process discovering the working vessels of Essex so it is of great importance that a community grow this into the important record of these unsung heroes of our County.
EHWB is very passionate about ensuring the information on the register is correct. We are concerned that records of these vessels are sometimes vague so we will not be placing vessels on there until the details have been crossed checked with verified sources.
To date we have over 130 Essex Heritage Workboats on The EHWB register