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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.
Appleyard then served aboard the 62-foot (19 m) ketch-rigged Brixham trawler Maid Honour, which sailed to the coast of West Africa, spending six months reporting on enemy submarine activity and carrying out clandestine raids. [3]
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Lillian Bilocca (née Marshall; 26 May 1929 – 3 August 1988) was a British fisheries worker and campaigner for improved safety in the fishing fleet as leader of the "headscarf revolutionaries" – a group of fishermen's family members.
Mersey Admiralty trawler Cochrane Lobnitz Ferguson Goole Shipbuilders 1917–1919 112 [2] 438 148 600 11 up to 20 usually one QF 12-pdr 12 cwt gun Castle: Smith's Dock and others 145 360 18 Strath Hall Russell 167 [3] 311 18
Prawn trawler Amity is in a storm, 100 miles from shore, and the nets are caught on the seabed. Episode 2 The Storm. Skipper Jimmy Buchan must decide whether to run to port through a storm or try and ride it out. Episode 3 The Edge. Ocean Venture has headed north and is fishing at The Edge, only 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
Vladivostok 2000 (ex-Damanzaihao) is the world's largest fish factory ship [5] with a mass of 49,367 tons and 228 metres (748 ft 0 in) in length. [2]Since July 2019, the vessel is Russia-flagged, owned by Pacific Marine Trawlers Ltd and operated by Dalmoreprodukt, both located at Vladivostok.