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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 .
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The Irish RSW Pelagic Trawler Brendelen SO709 [1] in Skagen harbour Fishing intensity extracted from Automatic Identification System data of EU trawlers greater than 15 metres in length, in the period October 2014 – September 2015 [2] (see Main Map for full resolution [3]) A fishing trawler is a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate ...
Brixham Battery and Battery Gardens are an open space on the sea shore in Brixham, Devon at grid reference. They are a traditional observation point for Brixham trawler races, both past and present. The 14-acre (57,000 m 2) site of Battery Gardens was first used as a battery in 1586 during the war between England and Spain.
However, many of the trawlers lacked armament or were defective and the actual numbers of available vessels was much reduced. [15] Later that month, U-156 captured the fishing trawler Triumph and set about sinking vessels of the East Coast fishing fleet, using Triumph to get near their unsuspecting victims.
Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars. Some, known in the Royal Navy as "Admiralty trawlers", were purpose-built to naval specifications; others were adapted from civilian use.
Exam hospital trawler, returned Aug 1946 HMT Avonstream: Sep 1939: Minesweeper, returned Jul 1945 HMT Avonwater: Sep 1939: Boom defence vessel, returned May 1946 HMT Ayrshire: Sep 1939: Anti-submarine, returned Oct 1945
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