The site of Earle's Shipyard, established by brothers Charles and William. They started the business in 1845 when they purchased a foundry from James Livingston, on Waterhouse Lane. In 1861 there was a fire at the site, so the business moved to the new site on the Humber at Victoria Docks. In 1865, they were claimed to be the biggest shipbuilding business in Hull, missing out to Samuelson's at Sammy's Point (where the Deep is now). Earle'd made ship for the British and Japanese Navy, yachts for the Russia aristocracy and flat pack vessels for Peru. The shipyard was dismantled in 1932.

Some parts of the shipyard infrastructure remain such as wooden revetments and quite large ship hards. The three timber-hulled vessels are not related to the shipyard and have been hulked there. It is unlikely that Earle's built these as Earle'd specialised in iron and then steel hulled vessels.

Period

Post-Medieval (1540 - 1901), Modern (1901 and later)

Period comments

The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known

1861

The latest date of the feature, as a year, if known

1932

Monument Type - Broad

Marine construction site

Monument Type - Narrow

Shipyard

Monument Description

A place where boats or ships are built or repaired.

Evidence Type - Broad

Evidence Type - Narrow

Evidence Description

Object Type - Broad

Object Type - Narrow

Object Description

Other records:

NRHE Number

Unknown

NT HBSMR Number

Unknown

HER Event Number

Unknown

External Link

None

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