Several lighter vessels and pearling luggers were also sunk or wrecked. The Lacepede Islands near Broome were struck sinking 21 pearling luggers with 141 lives lost. The fast yachts of the early 19th century were fore-and-aft luggers, schooners, and sloops. The Torres Strait luggers spent longer periods at sea, based around schooners as mother ships. The name derives from the boats used for pearling, known as pearling luggers. Once again, after rebuilding the luggers, Nicholas resumed pearling out of Darwin. The boats used were very graceful two-masted luggers. The last of the pearling luggers were built in the 1950s, and were over long. The French three-masted luggers also served as privateers and in general trade. Commercially, Biloxi was dominated by shrimp boats and oyster luggers. In 1870 paddle tugs were being used to tow luggers and smacks to sea. Later, pearl luggers visited the area from Broome. She had sailed the morning before from Boulogne, in company with six other privateer luggers. The Manx Nobby is similar to the cornish luggers. Shortly thereafter, "Nemesis" sighted two other luggers to leeward.