Single Mast Hoy English Sailing Ship 80 Y/O Ad Trade Card

Description

Single Mast Hoy English Sailing Ship 80 Y/O Ad Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL c80 YEARS OLD  TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
THE TITLE ON THIS CARD IS:
AN ENGLISH HOY
A hoy was a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually with a burthen of
about 60 tons. The word derives from the Middle Dutch hoey.
English hoys tended to be single-masted, whereas Dutch hoys had two masts. Principally, and more so
latterly, the hoy was a passenger or cargo boat. For the English, a hoy was a ship working in the Thames
Estuary and southern North Sea in the manner of the Thames sailing barge of the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
The British Royal Navy used hoys that were specially built to carry fresh water, gunpowder or ballast. Some
were employed in such tasks as laying buoys or survey work, while others served to escort coastal
convoys. Still others were in the Revenue service.
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
ABOVE IS THE SCAN OF THE BACK OF ONE CARD  FROM THIS SERIES JUST AS AN EXAMPLE!
IT MAY NOT THE BACK OF THIS CARD
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGES ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTIONS
IT IS c80 YEARS OLD
THE FRONT AND BACK MAY HAVE:
PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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