Penzance Registered Luggers and MFVs

Percy ~ PZ.614 ; 1907-1916ex Annie Jane ~ PZ.614 ; 1897-1907Percy ~ WY.? ; 1916+ Percy was built by William Peake and his sons at Newlyn […]

Annie Jane ~ PZ.614 ; 1897-1907Percy ~ PZ.614 ; 1907-1916Percy ~ WY.? ; 1916+ The Annie Jane, one of the finest first class Mount’s Bay luggers […]

Nearly home when disaster struck – An account of the loss of the Lugger Jane ~ 26.PZ Re-worked a little more recently, this account was first published […]

Boy Fred~528.PZ; 1893-1903Boy Fred~PZ.528 ; 1903-31Israel Britain~PZ.528 ; 1931-42. Built at Porthleven in 1893, for Thomas Henry Williams, the Boy Fred was registered as a British […]

Renovelle ~PZ.107. Ex-Edgar ~ PZ.131; & PH.202. In the summer of 1931, after less than two years on the Plymouth register, the Edgar –  having been purchased […]

Edgar ~ PZ.131: 1902-1929.Later PH.202; and Renovelle ~ PZ.107. The Edgar was built at Mousehole by, William Williams, in 1902 – one of the last fishing […]

Maunds, Pads, Hogsheads and Hundreds I first wrote this guide for the South West Maritime History Society, back in 1995. However, the it seemed right to […]

Auld-Lang-Syne – PZ.486 : 1891-1928. Built at Porthleven in 1891, by an unidentified builder (most likely by Kitto or Bowden), the Auld-Lang-Syne was a first class […]

Swan 132.PZ : >1869-1887; Swan PZ.132: 1887-1895 The Swan was one of the immense fleet of Mount’s Bay luggers in existence before the introduction of the […]

Ada 4.PZ  pre 1869-1885; Ada PZ.28: 1885-1897. The Ada was a working sea fishing boat prior to the Sea Fisheries Act of 1868, and would then […]

Penzance is the most westerly registration port for fishing boats, covering an area from roughly the Lizard around to Cape Cornwall. Luggers and latterly motor fishing […]

The surviving Cornish Shipping Registers and Sea Fishing Boat Registers held by Cornwall Record Office, together with associated Crew Agreements, are held in class MSR – […]