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The Brixham trawler Leader at anchor off Cawsand, near Plymouth. July 2008. A Brixham trawler is a type of wooden, deep-sea fishing trawler first built in Brixham in Devon, England, in the 19th century [1] and known for its high speed. [2]
Maid Honor, a 65-ton Brixham yacht trawler, left Poole harbour on 9 August 1941, bound for West Africa. [7] The five man crew were under the command of March-Phillipps. [8] The remainder of the SSRF under the command of Captain Geoffrey Appleyard had departed earlier aboard a troop transport ship.
Leader: A. W. Gibb Galmpton: 1892 Brixham trawler: Brixham: Owned by charitable trust as a sail training ship 604 Light Vessel 12 Spurn: Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd Goole: 1927 Lightship: Kingston upon Hull: Museum ship 671 Light Vessel 16 Inner Dowsing: William Pitcher Northfleet: 1840 Lightship: Rochester, Kent: Private ownership 131
In the 19th century, a more effective design for sailing trawlers was developed at the English fishing port, Brixham. These elegant wooden sailing boats spread across the world, influencing fishing fleets everywhere. Their distinctive sails inspired the song Red Sails in the Sunset, written aboard a Brixham sailing trawler called the Torbay ...
Deck: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) HMS Formidable , the third of four ships of that name to serve in the Royal Navy , was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships . The ship was laid down in March 1898, was launched in November that year, and was completed in September 1901.
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The captain was later taken off the pilot boat and the tow abandoned. For his courage, seamanship and leadership, Dyer was awarded a bronze medal. On 2 December Arthur Curnow, who had only been appointed coxswain three weeks earlier, took the lifeboat out in the early morning to the trawler Fairway which had broken down. Six people were rescued ...
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