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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] The design was copied by boat builders around Britain, and some were sold to fishermen in other countries on the North Sea .
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.
Chris-Craft Boats was an American boat manufacturer founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939). [1] The company was sold by the Smith family in 1960 to NAFI Corporation, which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962.
The elegant Brixham trawler spread across the world, influencing fishing fleets everywhere. [9] [10] By the end of the 19th century, there were over 3,000 fishing trawlers in commission in Britain, with almost 1,000 at Grimsby. These trawlers were sold to fishermen around Europe, including from the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Twelve trawlers ...
Brixham Lifeboat Station was opened in 1866 but since 1924 has been known as 'Torbay'. Since 2005 it has operated a Severn-class all-weather lifeboat (ALB) together with a D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat (ILB).
The leader of Iraq traveled to Michigan on Thursday following a sit-down with President Joe Biden to meet with the state's large Iraqi community and update them on escalating tensions in the ...
A freezer trawler fully processes the catch on board to customers’ specifications, into frozen-at-sea fillet, block or head and gutted form. Factory freezer trawlers can run to 60 to 70 meters in length and go to sea for six weeks at a time with a crew of over 35 people. They process fish into fillets within hours of being caught.
The Bluewater Michigan Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society, [1] colloquially called Bluewater, was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which offered events/trips involving historical railroads. Bluewater NRHS ceased to operate at the end December 2019.