A bawley was an English sailing vessel typified by a
boomlesscutter rig and probably named for having a boiler for cooking shrimp in amidships. "The majority were built by Aldous of Brightlingsea",[1] but they were also built in Harwich, Erith, Southend, Leigh, and on the Medway.
A bawley Bona (LO178) built by Aldous of
Brightlingsea in 1903
Watercolour of a bawley running up the coast by
Henry Scott Tuke, 1858–1929
The bawley Doris (LO284) built by John Cann of
Harwich in 1909