The MFV Conqueror was a modern freezer trawler built in 1965 by Hall, Russel & Co Ltd of Aberdeen, for the Northern Trawlers Company. By 1977 she had undergone a major refit to extend her freezer capacity, and left her home port of Hull to go…
Construction of the Penzance floating dock (wet dock) in the 1880s. Taken by G H Gibson at Penzance. The amount of detail in the photo is incredible, with each worker's clothing being plainly visible.