Boats - Sailing - Ships

May 05, 1954 - French Poaching Trawler in Newhaven Harbour.: The British Warship H.M.S. Watchful a fisherios protection vessel - boarded the French Fishing tawler B.2. 665 - the En Avant - whenshe was found to be fishing inside the three mile limit and also found that the cew were uing nets with a smaller mesh than the three inch allowed by international agreement. At special Lewes Court- the Captain Rene Bonvoisin was fined £10 - with £10 costs and had his gear confiscated. When the crew were told that they could not buy back their gear they started a No Speak English strike - and sat on the dock rail refining to understand orders to remove their gear to a Custom's shed. Photo shows View of the En Evant - in Newhaven Harbour

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Agreement Allowed And Pound Avant Boarded Bonvoisin Confiscated Costs Fined H.m.s Inch Lewes Limit Mesh Nets Newhaven Poaching Refining Remove Shed Smaller Speak Told Trawler Understand Watchful

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