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The work was one of a series of 35 oil paintings that Courbet produced in quick succession during the fall of 1865. Unlike many other marine paintings of that time, the boat is the central feature of the composition rather than a minor element. The Fishing Boat was the first work by Courbet to enter the Met's collection when it was acquired in ...
A coracle is a small, rounded, [1] lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales, and also in parts of the West Country and in Ireland, particularly the River Boyne, [2] and in Scotland, particularly the River Spey. The word is also used of similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq, and Tibet. [3]
Shetland bus boats. The Shetland bus was the name given to a clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between Shetland, Scotland, and German-occupied Norway. From mid-1941 until the end of the war it operated a number of vessels, mostly Norwegian fishing boats. [1]
Coble. The coble is a type of open traditional fishing boat which developed on the North East coast of England. [1] The southernmost examples occur around Hull (although Cooke drew examples at Yarmouth, see his Shipping and Craft [2] series of drawings of 1829); the type extends to Burnmouth just across the Scottish border.
92. Cancelled. 21. Lost. 30. The A-class torpedo boats were a class of German single-funnelled torpedo boat /light destroyer designed by the Reichsmarineamt for operations off the coast of occupied Flanders in the First World War. The "A" designation was to avoid confusion with older classes and designs. They were classed officially as "coastal ...
Minesweeping technology picked up in the Russo-Japanese War, using aging torpedo boats as minesweepers. A minesweeper cutting loose moored mines. In Britain, naval leaders recognized before the outbreak of World War I that the development of sea mines was a threat to the nation's shipping and began efforts to counter the threat. Sir Arthur ...