Maritime Index

This section of information from our database has been developed with support from the South West Museums Council.

For information about specific vessels, see the relevant book by Mike Miller - a great new edition is available for 2005 - details in our News section. For further assistance reasearching fishing families 1850s-1920s, contact Graham Parnell.

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• Examples of the types of fishermen's documents in our archive
• Examples of the extent of information held on boats, owners and crews
• Names from the earliest surviving Seamen's Orphan Boys Home register
• An outline of the fishing industry from the Brixham Western Guardian 1902-67
• Brixham vessel names
• Simpson and Strickland and our collection of their engineering drawings
• Information about our Maritime displays
• Extracts from our maritime photographs index
• Extracted names of master mariners from Brixham's past
• Selected names of shipowners from Brixham's past
• The account of Brixham from White's Directory of 1850
• Links to related Maritime sites