Pilot boat 'Cockenzie Lass'

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

22209

Title

Pilot boat 'Cockenzie Lass' with three pilots on board

Description

Black and white negative; fair condition. Three harbour pilots, in uniform with caps, seated on pilot boat. There are rocks and a pier in background.

Date

1915

Type

Photograph

Location

Museum of Edinburgh

Accession number

Ref 4.748 C207/11.

In Newhaven, as in most major ports, there was an unspoken hierarchy amongst local fishermen. Here, those who were certified as pilots were at the top. The Newhaven men earned their reputation for their knowledge of the Firth of Forth by guiding many ships safely into Leith.

In this photograph we see three pilots on board the pilot boat 'Cockenzie Lass'. The boat is tied up just outside North Berwick Harbour. They are all Newhaven men whose families fished from Newhaven village for many years.

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