Please note: both ships, the Lydia Eva & Mincarlo, will be closed until further notice due to the pandemic. We will update you as soon as we can.
With best wishes, The Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Charitable Trust

Lydia Eva and the Mincarlo are Floating Maritime Museums ​in Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth
The objects for which the Association is established is the advancement of the education of the public in particular by the preservation & exhibition of the Yarmouth Steam Drifter “Lydia Eva YH89″ & the Lowestoft Side Winder Trawler “Mincarlo LT412"

Voyages on the Lydia Eva Steam Drifter 2019
Lydia Eva is Sailing again! The only Coal Fired Steam Drifter in the World.
Come and join us on the experience of a lifetime!

Voyages ​on Lydia Eva...
​At only £195 per person - less than a days tank driving experience or a 30 minute vintage aircraft flight - its the experience of a lifetime! With the chance to stoke the boiler, enjoy time at the helm and help the crew all included. Or, if you prefer to kick back and relax,  just sit on deck and enjoy the day!

​To make a booking or discuss hiring Lydia Eva for a private event please email excursions@lydiaeva.org.uk or ring Ruth Read, booking Clerk, on 01493 740760. 

Date:

1. Sunday May 19th
2. Tuesday June 4th
3. Wednesday July 3rd
4. Saturday August 3rd
5. Saturday August 31st
6. Sunday September 15th
7. Sunday October 13th

Sailing At:

• 09.24
• 09.45
• 09.22
• 10.32
• 09.28
• 09.06
• 08.32

Please note; Sailing is subject to weather, crew availability and a minimum of 4  adult passengers.
​Parties of up to 8 adults by arrangement.

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​Yarmouth Steam Drifter Lydia Eva “YH89"

The world's last surviving steam-powered herring drifter steamed back to Great Yarmouth for the first time, in many years, on Saturday 15th May 2010.

​Steam drifters once filled the harbours as they worked down from Scotland following the Herring. Lydia Eva was, unusually, also capable of trawling outside the herring season.

Every summer she is open for visitors and this year is in Great Yarmouth; go to Latest News for more details.

Lowestoft Side Winder Trawler Mincarlo “LT412"

The last complete example of a Lowestoft sidewinder trawler Mincarlo is the last floating example which has engine and hull, both manufactured in Lowestoft.
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Every summer she is open for visitors and this year is in Lowestoft; go to Latest News for more details.

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Your support to keep these vessels afloat is vital...
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Your donations on-board help cover the costs of insurance and other liabilities. To keep the ships afloat and open to the public, we need your help.

If you could make a small donation, and for that, we will give you access to the insider information on the ships. We call it "PORTHOLE" . This has all the extra info you may want, on the running of the trust, the crewing of the ships and archive material. Please help.