The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution (1911)
Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, Seeley and co., limited · leaf 332
rryinga boiler on the sailing smack for driving the winches forhauling up the nets and warping into dock. For a timea particularly fast carrier, driven wholly by her sails, wasemployed to bring from the North Sea to Billingsgatethe catch of the fleet, and then to return to the shipsfishing.… … tuO o c3 m 02 t! THE FISHING FLEETS the financial remuneration increased. Then, as well asthe sailing trawlers, clumsy old paddle-wheel steamerswhich existed at fishing ports for towing ships in or outof harbour were sent forth to try their luck, and sosuccessful were their efforts that already the…
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