| Bottles from the Heroine, wrecked off Lyme in
1852 on her way to Australia. |
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| Lyme built ships as well as sailing them. HMS
Snap, built in 1812, is the only one to have served in the Royal
Navy. |
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| The town's fortunes have been
inextricably bound up with the sea. For seven centuries trade has flourished
and faded through its port, protected by the great wall of the Cobb. Fishing,
smuggling, storm and shipwreck have left their relics. For the past two hundred
years the town has earned its living as a tourist resort. |
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A walk on the Cobb 1995;
photograph by Richard Austin |
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Family entertainment in 1886,
from the Hutchinson album. |
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