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Port and resort in N Yorkshire, England, on
the North Sea coast; population (1991)
14,000. Industries include boatbuilding,
fishing, and plastics. Remains of a
Benedictine abbey built 1078 survive on the
site of the original foundation by St Hilda
657, which was destroyed by the Danes 867.
Captain Cook's ship Resolution was built in
Whitby, where he had served his
apprenticeship, and he sailed from here on
his voyage to the Pacific in 1768.