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Mil Goose
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 Guinea boats
As I mentioned in this thread I thought anyone who has knowledge of "guinea boats", referred to in the latter end of this entry about smuggling, could enlighten us further, please.
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susan
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According to A Naval Encyclopaedia (1881), it was a "fast-rowing galley...expressly built for smuggling gold across the Channel, in use at Deal."
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Mil Goose
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susan wrote: According to A Naval Encyclopaedia (1881), it was a "fast-rowing galley...expressly built for smuggling gold across the Channel, in use at Deal."
...thanks, Susan!
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