Efforts to return historic trawler Viola to Hull stepped up 4th April 2019 A push to bring a historic steam trawler back to Hull has been stepped up. The Viola sailed from the city more than 100 years ago – but now sits abandoned on the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. She was built in 1906 at Beverley Shipyard and became part of a fleet of 50 […] Read more News Alan JohnsonHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime CityThe Viola