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The Fisher Fleet in King’s Lynn, Norfolk © Richard Humphrey

Fishing has always been a strong part of King’s Lynn's long maritime history. Queen Elizabeth I granted Lynn fishermen the right to "free and uninterrupted use of the Fisher Fleet for ever and ever". This short tidal estuary is the home of most of the small fishing boats which operate mainly in The Wash fishing for shrimps or digging cockles and mussels from the sand banks at low tide. There are modern factories for processing the catches on the quaysides.
See LinkExternal link for aerial photos of some of the boats at work.
by Richard Humphrey

Created: Mon, 14 Mar 2016, Updated: Sun, 16 Jan 2022


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TF6120 : Lynn Shellfish - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Zulu on the mud - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Slowly submerging boat - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Ruth Imelda in port - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Abandoned fishing boats - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Rotting timbers in the mud - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Fishing boats by the quays - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Lynn fishing boats - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Silting up - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Our Lassie LN177 - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Forgotten boats - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Rotting hull - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Rotting boat hull - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Fishing boats - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Fishing boat graveyard - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Old fishing boat - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Boats at low tide - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : No longer seaworthy - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Fishing boats on The Fisher Fleet by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Boat on the bank - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Low tide - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : The River Great Ouse - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : LN22 and LN474 - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Abandoned fishing boat - The Fisher Fleet - King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey
TF6120 : Gulls on the mud - The Fisher Fleet, King's Lynn by Richard Humphrey

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