BS 1090 CE
Gantry Fabrication

1899: Edwin Bacon formed the Lindsey Steam Trawler Company

Set up as a subsidiary of E. Bacon & Co Ltd, providing engineering, carpentry, plumbing, blacksmith and victualing services making E. Bacons one of Grimsby’s largest employers.

1914: We’ve been through the wars

When WW1 broke out, most of the Bacon’s trawler fleet were appropriated by the Admiralty to be converted into mine sweepers or for anti-submarine duties.

1939: Opportunity for Knighthood

At the outset of WW2 Edwin Bacon paid for two Spitfires for the RAF as well as providing the Government with an interest-free loan. Edwin was offered a knighthood by Sir Winston Churchill for his generous support which he declined.

1966: Piracy on the Loveden

One of Bacon’s trawlers, the Loveden, was involved in the last act of piracy in UK waters, as 5 members of the crew forcibly took charge of the vessel, described in The Times as “an act of drunken high spirits”. Later at the trial of the 5 men the judge said that they were lucky not to be facing the death penalty.

1983: The company evolves

With the decline of the UK fishing industry E Bacon & Co Ltd sell off their final trawlers. Coincidentally the last 2 trawlers the Lucerne and Lapanto, are sold to the South African Viking Fisheries run by Nico Bacon. To this day the 2 trawlers are still successfully operating out of Cape Town.

2019: Still innovating 120 years on…

The company’s 120^th anniversary is marked by a move to a prominent and spacious new site on the South Humberside Industrial Estate.  The move allows the Fabrication Team to operate out of a far larger, more modern facility allowing them to significantly increase the scope of their work.

2022: A new chapter – 5th generation

David Bacon joins the company as Managing Director to become the 5^th generation of the family to lead the business.

The company appoints a new highly experienced Operations Director, Darren Glew, to work alongside him, ushering in an exciting new chapter.