Post by Administrator on Jul 11, 2020 20:46:26 GMT
The Trawler Tamura.
Photographs held at Glamorgan Archives include a number of the Neale and West fishing fleet that operated out of Cardiff and Milford Haven from 1888. Most feature the fleet of steam trawlers that were first introduced to Cardiff by the new company. With their steel hulls and fuelled by cheap local coal the steam trawlers quickly displaced the small sailing smacks and tug boats that had fished the Bristol Channel. Steam power, allied with the use of ice to keep the catch fresh, opened up the potential for a Cardiff based fleet able to access deep sea fishing grounds. In addition, with industry and commerce drawing vast numbers of people into south Wales, there was a ready market for the fish delivered by the Neale and West trawlers to the Bute West Dock.
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Photographs held at Glamorgan Archives include a number of the Neale and West fishing fleet that operated out of Cardiff and Milford Haven from 1888. Most feature the fleet of steam trawlers that were first introduced to Cardiff by the new company. With their steel hulls and fuelled by cheap local coal the steam trawlers quickly displaced the small sailing smacks and tug boats that had fished the Bristol Channel. Steam power, allied with the use of ice to keep the catch fresh, opened up the potential for a Cardiff based fleet able to access deep sea fishing grounds. In addition, with industry and commerce drawing vast numbers of people into south Wales, there was a ready market for the fish delivered by the Neale and West trawlers to the Bute West Dock.
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