A Brixham trawler is a type of wooden, deep-sea fishing trawler first built in Brixham in Devon, England, in the 19th century and known for its high speed...
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Brixham /ˈbrɪksəm/ is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census...
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Mayflower II (category History of the Thirteen Colonies)
listed on the US National Register of Historic Places in 2020. The ship was built at the Upham Shipyard in Brixham and financed by private donations in...
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Fishing trawler (section Advent of steam power)
ongoing depletion of stocks that was occurring in the overfished waters of South Devon. The Brixham trawler that evolved there was of a sleek build and...
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Plymouth, Massachusetts (section Points of interest)
as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is...
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Devon (redirect from Culture of Devon)
Rebellion of 1549, and the English Civil War. The arrival of William of Orange to launch the Glorious Revolution of 1688 took place at Brixham. Devon has...
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the 19th century, at the English fishing port of Brixham. By the early 19th century, the fishers at Brixham needed to expand their fishing area further...
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Fishing vessel (section Advent of steam power)
"History of a Brixham trawler". JKappeal.org. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010. "Pilgrim's restoration...
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19th century, at the English fishing port of Brixham. By the early 19th century, the fishermen at Brixham needed to expand their fishing area further...
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with Brixham and Paignton, and other bus services in Dartmouth can be reached by ferry. It was intended to build a station in Dartmouth as part of a proposed...
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