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2. Smack (ship) - Wikipedia

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   A smack was a traditional fishing boat used off the coast of Britain and the Atlantic coast of America for most of the 19th century and, in small numbers, up to the Second World War. Many larger smacks were originally cutter-rigged sailing boats until about 1865, when smacks had become so large that cutter main booms were unhandy. The smaller ...

3. Factory ship - Wikipedia

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   A factory ship, also known as a fish processing vessel, is a large ocean-going vessel with extensive on-board facilities for processing and freezing caught fish or whales. Modern factory ships are automated and enlarged versions of the earlier whalers , and their use for fishing has grown dramatically.

4. Category:Fishing vessels - Wikipedia

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   Fishing boat builders (4 P) F. Factory ships (6 P) L. Luggers (1 C, 5 P) O. Oyster schooners (11 P) Oyster sloops (9 P) S. ... Sparta (ship) SRT-129; Stanley (boat) T ...

5. Fishing fleet - Wikipedia

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   Part of the local fishing fleet moored in the harbour of Scarborough, England. A fishing fleet is an aggregate of commercial fishing vessels.The term may be used of all vessels operating out of a particular port, all vessels engaged in a particular type of fishing (as in the "tuna fishing fleet"), or all fishing vessels of a country or region.

6. Day shapes - Wikipedia

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   4,11. Fishing (with restricted maneuvrability) 2 cones (apexes together) > 20 m (extra cone: gear extending more than 150 metres in that direction) 5. Not under command 2 balls (vert. line) > 12 m 6. Minesweeping 3 balls 7,10. Restricted in ability to manoeuvre ball, diamond, ball (2 diamonds - safe side to pass) > 12 m (except dive boats) 8.

7. Fishing trawler - Wikipedia

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   The earliest steam-powered fishing boats first appeared in the 1870s and used the trawl system of fishing as well as lines and drift nets. These were large boats, usually 80–90 feet (24–27 m) in length with a beam of around 20 feet (6.1 m). They weighed 40–50 tons and travelled at 9–11 knots (17–20 km/h; 10–13 mph).