The Faversham Hoy: Everything a smuggling vessel should be.
They were fast, elegant, reliable and a familiar sight around the North Kent coast, the Medway and Thames Estuary. The …
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The North Kent hoymen and their special cargoes
Hoys provided the perfect camouflage for Kent free-traders. These men were not a distinct group (although smuggling gangs did operate …
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