The skipper who had the first wooden fish washer made by the crew was Walter Wood my uncle, Tom Boyd saw the washer and patented the idea in my uncles name. Information supplied by Andrew Platten.
I sailed one trip to the Norwegian Coast on her as relief radio officer, in 1974. Watching this video brought back a lot of memories. If I ever get back to the UK I will certainly make a point of coming to Hull to visit her. Thank you all for your dedication in preserving such an important part of local history.
I didn't sail on the Corsair but i was R/O on the Arctic Brigand fishing in the White Sea in the late 60's. January in the Arctic Circle with Terry Thresh as Skipper. Perpetual darkness, daylight lasting a matter of minutes with just a glimmer of light. Mountainous seas, freezing cold and nowhere to go to get any relief, absolute hell on earth. The R/O worked for Marconi, not the Boyd Line. We were not highly paid so wages were supplemented by 'Liver Money' from boiling the cod liver in a large vat in the stern of the ship. You couldn't get away from the smell, it was everywhere. There was one bath on the ship and that was the skipper's, so you could kiss goodbye to a long soak! Besides, punching your way through a force 10 gale made it impossible for water to stay in the bath even if you could have access to it. We even had to buy our own bedding, a crude rolled up mattress, woollen blanket (yes, ONE blanket) and one pillow. This was signed for at the Ship Chandler's and taken off our wages at the end of the trip. I can still feel the numbing cold to this day. Thankfully the Radio Room had the funnel exhaust pass through it so it was always warm there. The crew dried their clothes inside the dummy funnel where their clothes dried with the heat from the exhaust piping. To make matters worse, the radio traffic accounts all had to go to Marconi, and God help you if there was one single halfpenny discrepancy in the accounts. Could you even begin to imagine one of today's snowflake generation doing what we did then? Not a chance.
@@rosandy123 Just wondered if you knew my father Eamonn (Paddy) Moffatt, also a R/O, who sailed on many trawlers - mainly Boyd Line - in the 50s, 60s and early 70s?
@@greenish99 Sorry Frank, but I didn't know him. He must have worked for Marconi as well like the rest of us. I still have my first pay slip from Marconi! On it there was deductions for my bedding, one thin mattress, one blanket and one pillow! Some of the crew had two or three mattresses to make it more comfortable.
@@rosandy123 Thanks for the reply. Yes he worked for Marconi. The whole family used to head to the Merchant Navy Hotel and Anchor House via Hessle Road, a couple of pubs and a bit of shopping when he came home. Always got a day off school for that.
@@greenish99 I remember the M.N. Hotel well, many a pint was sunk there! It's been years since I was in Hull, and I certainly saw the difference. I used to stay with my aunt and uncle in Perry Street just of Anlaby Rd. That area hadn't changed much, but I didn't recognize the dock area. Heath certainly destroyed the fishing industry, if we hadn't joined the EU we would still have one.
My dad was on a Grimsby trawler off Iceland when those two yorkie trawlers went down in 1955, he was in the wheelhouse at the time and they were heading for shelter themselves. I can remember him telling about hearing them say they were going over.
Full respect.Jim .Been at sea in southern ocean great tour of the ship and good talk of the days . Tough hard work . Notice the Bluebirds tattoo . Your a Ledgend Jim.
I like this presentation from that noble skipper Williams. As an old coastguard inspector from Norway;, I once was onboard one of this sidetrawlers on inspection where everything was in Bristol fashion. 🙂
I was a radio operator on the Fleetwood sidewinding boats. And as the skipper just said, I would play Patsy Kline tapes quite illegally over the VHF to other boats fishing nearby. We called Patsy, the Darling of the West Side (West Coast of Iceland).
Such an interesting video and a truly remarkable commentary by a genuine old trawler man who over the years experienced so many different examples of what life could throw at you. I have always loved everything to do with ships especially fishing so really enjoyed this video. Hull was once the largest fishing industry in the world with the largest number of trawlers deployed so the trawler men must have been so proud. I can only recommend that the book entitled "Viola" by Robb Robinson and Ian Hart must be read to truly experience the life and times of a Hull Steam Trawler, I have read this book several times and each time I respect how these trawler men worked for the good of our Nation by providing food for our tables, working in such conditions that so many would not have the courage to do. John Chipchase. Impington, Cambridge. 27thJune 2020
Well done sir, thank you for your past been told and great tour off your old work place, I missed out on doing the survey on your old vessel (so to be moved to Dunstan's ship repair) But me and a work mate did help in the survey of the light boat so she too could be moved to Dunstan's in William Wright dock. Love the old school chaps talking of old Martine times.
Sir thank you so much for that, Ive enjoyed every second of your excellent presentation and I have nothing but admiration for you and your fellow ex men who sailed those seas. I hope to visit soon this summer and hope to see you there if you are still doing tours. Thank you so much fine gentleman. God bless all those who perished at sea who have fed us delicious fish. Thank you again sir, Jon
This was so interesting. What a great man. My grandad & uncle were both shipwrights who maintained these trawlers out of Lowestoft back in the 50s & 60s.
What an insight into the life of Hulls trawlermen. Found the 'tour' of the vessel really interesting and no matter how many books etc we read that gentleman brought the whole trawler experience to life. Excellent, Thanks
I wasn't a fisherman but my brother was and on the odd occasion went to the fish docks with him. Looking at those ships then I knew it was not for me. Praise to those who did the job and took the risk and some even lost their lives.
So sad KINGSTON UPON HULL no longer has a fishing industry, god bless all those who never returned from ST ANDREW'S DOCK and elsewhere . Hessle Road will never be the same again with the ghostly remains of the old dock. 🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧❤🙏Dec 2021
Well done Jim, all so very interesting. Me and my former Ocean Tuggy friends held you guys in total respect for what you had to put up with during the Cod war of 1976. I was 2nd mate on RMAS ROLLICKER and some of the sea conditions were atrocious without having to fish in it too.
Great video and great job by ex skipper Jim Williams. Many thanks to to the whole team involved. I know my father, wireless operator Eamonn (Paddy) Moffatt, sailed on her at least once and on many other Boyd Line trawlers during the 50s, 60s and early 70s. Looking forward to a visit and the same to the Hull Fishing Heritage Centre in the near future - fingers crossed.
never did manage to have a look round the corsair on my visits to hull ,but i enjoyed the video very much .i hope gets a new home in the dock area of hull and kept well maintained this industry the ships and the brave men should never be forgotten .
Brilliant video I really enjoyed watching it my stepfather was on that ship for years. I've been round the ship last year. I can highly recommend a visit cheers.
Very interesting. Did never se this vessel during my years with the Norwegian Coast Guard. But did inspect another sidewinder, the Somerseth Maugham. Did however inspect some of the company boats. One being the Artic Galliard, Capt. Terence Thresh on the 3rd of August 1977. He did mention the radio telegraphy. Still in 1992 I did sail on one ship where that was the main source of communication even if I sailed on ships with satcom before that.
What a fascinating video and great tour by Capt. Jim Williams, made all the more interesting by him sharing his knowledge, experiences and haunting memories. Many thanks, I'll be visiting next time I get home to Hull. Highest respect for all those in the industry, especially those at sea.
I've been on this guided tour of the ship and can say that it is one of the best guided tours I've ever been on. Very informative with great stories of being at sea, very friendly and really interesting. I'm looking forward to another tour soon as possible.
This gentlemen makes me proud to be a Hull lad...
I sailed in her 4 trips. She was the last ship I sailed in before she was decommissioned and became a museum.
What a lovely tour of Arctic Corsair, and who better than Jim Williams to show us round!
a good old seaman, yarns told true. god bless him and them.
The skipper who had the first wooden fish washer made by the crew was Walter Wood my uncle, Tom Boyd saw the washer and patented the idea in my uncles name.
Information supplied by Andrew Platten.
what a good old lad,i was mesmerised by his simple explainations of how it was. bless em all.
I sailed one trip to the Norwegian Coast on her as relief radio officer, in 1974. Watching this video brought back a lot of memories. If I ever get back to the UK I will certainly make a point of coming to Hull to visit her. Thank you all for your dedication in preserving such an important part of local history.
I didn't sail on the Corsair but i was R/O on the Arctic Brigand fishing in the White Sea in the late 60's. January in the Arctic Circle with Terry Thresh as Skipper. Perpetual darkness, daylight lasting a matter of minutes with just a glimmer of light. Mountainous seas, freezing cold and nowhere to go to get any relief, absolute hell on earth.
The R/O worked for Marconi, not the Boyd Line. We were not highly paid so wages were supplemented by 'Liver Money' from boiling the cod liver in a large vat in the stern of the ship. You couldn't get away from the smell, it was everywhere. There was one bath on the ship and that was the skipper's, so you could kiss goodbye to a long soak! Besides, punching your way through a force 10 gale made it impossible for water to stay in the bath even if you could have access to it.
We even had to buy our own bedding, a crude rolled up mattress, woollen blanket (yes, ONE blanket) and one pillow. This was signed for at the Ship Chandler's and taken off our wages at the end of the trip. I can still feel the numbing cold to this day. Thankfully the Radio Room had the funnel exhaust pass through it so it was always warm there. The crew dried their clothes inside the dummy funnel where their clothes dried with the heat from the exhaust piping.
To make matters worse, the radio traffic accounts all had to go to Marconi, and God help you if there was one single halfpenny discrepancy in the accounts.
Could you even begin to imagine one of today's snowflake generation doing what we did then? Not a chance.
@@rosandy123 Just wondered if you knew my father Eamonn (Paddy) Moffatt, also a R/O, who sailed on many trawlers - mainly Boyd Line - in the 50s, 60s and early 70s?
@@greenish99 Sorry Frank, but I didn't know him. He must have worked for Marconi as well like the rest of us. I still have my first pay slip from Marconi! On it there was deductions for my bedding, one thin mattress, one blanket and one pillow! Some of the crew had two or three mattresses to make it more comfortable.
@@rosandy123 Thanks for the reply. Yes he worked for Marconi. The whole family used to head to the Merchant Navy Hotel and Anchor House via Hessle Road, a couple of pubs and a bit of shopping when he came home. Always got a day off school for that.
@@greenish99 I remember the M.N. Hotel well, many a pint was sunk there! It's been years since I was in Hull, and I certainly saw the difference. I used to stay with my aunt and uncle in Perry Street just of Anlaby Rd. That area hadn't changed much, but I didn't recognize the dock area. Heath certainly destroyed the fishing industry, if we hadn't joined the EU we would still have one.
My dad was on a Grimsby trawler off Iceland when those two yorkie trawlers went down in 1955, he was in the wheelhouse at the time and they were heading for shelter themselves. I can remember him telling about hearing them say they were going over.
Full respect.Jim .Been at sea in southern ocean great tour of the ship and good talk of the days . Tough hard work . Notice the Bluebirds tattoo . Your a Ledgend Jim.
Enjoyed listening to this ex Trawler Captain.
What a great authentic yorkshire tour guide
I like this presentation from that noble skipper Williams. As an old coastguard inspector from Norway;, I once was onboard one of this sidetrawlers on inspection where everything was in Bristol fashion. 🙂
I was a radio operator on the Fleetwood sidewinding boats. And as the skipper just said, I would play Patsy Kline tapes quite illegally over the VHF to other boats fishing nearby. We called Patsy, the Darling of the West Side (West Coast of Iceland).
I could listen to this experienced fisherman for hours. A real insight into a very dangerous but rewarding I guess craft.
Thanks for posting this 👍
Brillant to see the inside of the trawler
Such an interesting video and a truly remarkable commentary by a genuine old trawler man who over the years experienced so many different examples of what life could throw at you. I have always loved everything to do with ships especially fishing so really enjoyed this video. Hull was once the largest fishing industry in the world with the largest number of trawlers deployed so the trawler men must have been so proud. I can only recommend that the book entitled "Viola" by Robb Robinson and Ian Hart must be read to truly experience the life and times of a Hull Steam Trawler, I have read this book several times and each time I respect how these trawler men worked for the good of our Nation by providing food for our tables, working in such conditions that so many would not have the courage to do.
John Chipchase. Impington, Cambridge. 27thJune 2020
Well done sir, thank you for your past been told and great tour off your old work place, I missed out on doing the survey on your old vessel (so to be moved to Dunstan's ship repair)
But me and a work mate did help in the survey of the light boat so she too could be moved to Dunstan's in William Wright dock.
Love the old school chaps talking of old Martine times.
Sir thank you so much for that, Ive enjoyed every second of your excellent presentation and I have nothing but admiration for you and your fellow ex men who sailed those seas. I hope to visit soon this summer and hope to see you there if you are still doing tours. Thank you so much fine gentleman. God bless all those who perished at sea who have fed us delicious fish. Thank you again sir, Jon
This was so interesting. What a great man. My grandad & uncle were both shipwrights who maintained these trawlers out of Lowestoft back in the 50s & 60s.
Nice video , been around the AC a few times , fasinating ship
Top man Jim respect
Thanks Jim. You and the Trawlers and all the lads that sailed are absolute treasures. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
What an insight into the life of Hulls trawlermen. Found the 'tour' of the vessel really interesting and no matter how many books etc we read that gentleman brought the whole trawler experience to life. Excellent, Thanks
I wasn't a fisherman but my brother was and on the odd occasion went to the fish docks with him. Looking at those ships then I knew it was not for me. Praise to those who did the job and took the risk and some even lost their lives.
Fantastic video thanks
So sad KINGSTON UPON HULL no longer has a fishing industry, god bless all those who never returned from ST ANDREW'S DOCK and elsewhere . Hessle Road will never be the same again with the ghostly remains of the old dock. 🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧❤🙏Dec 2021
I did enjoy the tour , thank you
I have worked on and sailed in Grimsby trawlers and I found the very well done tour bringing back old memories.The skipper tells it well.Roly🇬🇧.
Thanks so much to Jim Williams and the lads for making this film. Sincere thanks for telling u show it was.
Enjoyed every minute, excellent.
well done Jim enjoyed the footage
Donations are everything
RIP George Bartle
Well done Jim, all so very interesting. Me and my former Ocean Tuggy friends held you guys in total respect for what you had to put up with during the Cod war of 1976. I was 2nd mate on RMAS ROLLICKER and some of the sea conditions were atrocious without having to fish in it too.
Great video and great job by ex skipper Jim Williams. Many thanks to to the whole team involved. I know my father, wireless operator Eamonn (Paddy) Moffatt, sailed on her at least once and on many other Boyd Line trawlers during the 50s, 60s and early 70s. Looking forward to a visit and the same to the Hull Fishing Heritage Centre in the near future - fingers crossed.
Well done Jim my dad was a trawlerman in the late 40's and til the mid 50's My uncle T
revor is one of the volunteers and is Jim's neighbour!
Great video fella, takes me back to my years trawling the seas.
never did manage to have a look round the corsair on my visits to hull ,but i enjoyed the video very much .i hope gets a new home in the dock area of hull and kept well maintained this industry the ships and the brave men should never be forgotten .
a very brave man , respect to you all.
Very good thankyou
Thank you for a fantastically delivered tour,so informative.
Fascinating! I only wish I could ask questions 😂
What a cracking film . A good tribute to our hardworking forefathers
Brilliant video I really enjoyed watching it my stepfather was on that ship for years. I've been round the ship last year. I can highly recommend a visit cheers.
Great video, thank you so much.
Thanks for this. Father-in-law was a second mate on a very similar trawler/dragged out of NewFoundLand. Passed the link on to him.
Very interesting. Did never se this vessel during my years with the Norwegian Coast Guard. But did inspect another sidewinder, the Somerseth Maugham. Did however inspect some of the company boats. One being the Artic Galliard, Capt. Terence Thresh on the 3rd of August 1977. He did mention the radio telegraphy. Still in 1992 I did sail on one ship where that was the main source of communication even if I sailed on ships with satcom before that.
What a fascinating video and great tour by Capt. Jim Williams, made all the more interesting by him sharing his knowledge, experiences and haunting memories. Many thanks, I'll be visiting next time I get home to Hull. Highest respect for all those in the industry, especially those at sea.
Arabic Rdcory
I've been on this guided tour of the ship and can say that it is one of the best guided tours I've ever been on. Very informative with great stories of being at sea, very friendly and really interesting. I'm looking forward to another tour soon as possible.
Great history. Respect
Great Video, enjoyed watching it
Fascinating insight - thanks!
Absolutely wonderful such an amazing man . Love the boat so neat
Brilliant!
Really great vid. Thanks!
Arthur Robinson was Chief engineer on her. Anyone remember him? was my late Father Inlaw
Hello
Seafarer from India
Not bad, for a Yorkie.
I like that 👌
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