“I conducted a thorough trawl through the library archives to find any mention of the elusive author's unpublished works.”

“The crew of the trawler had abandoned ship and the vessel was listing badly.”

“The tidal current was running against me, slowing the trawler to three knots.”

“For two years I had to crew as a deckhand on a trawler so we could keep the business going.”

“Life as a Grimsby trawlerman has never been easy, but the rewards were still there 100 years ago.”

“Plucked from the depths of the ocean, grabbed by the gloved hand of a trawlerman, examined with a beady eye and then chucked over a shoulder back into the sea.”

“Mr Joyce was described as an experienced trawlerman and had been fishing for herring, mackerel, whitefish and prawns.”

“With the 18 trawlermen and four crew on board, the Sea King was at maximum carrying capacity.”

“Shellfish is a sustainable fishery and the trawlermen saw that, called it a day and are reaping the rewards.”

“Over the last 18 years trawlermen have been told to cut catches and limit days at sea, as efforts to conserve stocks have become more desperate.”

“We talk of the value of the fishery, purchasing freezer trawlers, chartering longliners, and landing fish in various locations.”

“Prawn trawlers were still continuing to plod away with most of the old problems still there.”

“Seven battleships, six cruisers and several torpedo boats steamed among the trawlers.”