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Show Once Famous Port Though Cowes Is now almost synonymous synony-mous with pleasure yachting, the little town was famous for Its dockyards long before the annunl regatta was thought of. says "Looker On" In the Loudon Dally Chronicle, Many a tall thlp for war or merchant service came off the slips at Cowes In the old days. Including Nelson's famous Vanguard, and during the World war Ita shipyards ship-yards were adapted again to contribute contrib-ute worthily to British naval strength, both In regard to new building and repairs. re-pairs. How the town came by Its name has some Interest Really the names Is plural, and derives from the two "cowes" or clrculur forts, which Henry VIII erected to guard the en- , trance to Portsmouth harbor. One fort Is now the headquarters of the Royal Yacht squadron. |