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8 October 2020

The Loss of the Duke William (part 4)

Another sail! Just as they had joined us, the people from the fore-top-mast cried out, a sail! a sail! I thought it better to let the […]
8 October 2020

The Loss of the Duke William (part 3)

Heading home On the 25th day of November, we sailed out of the bay of Causo [sic]. It blew strong at N.W. Captains Hurry, Beeton, Sugget, […]
8 October 2020

The Loss of the Duke William (part 2)

Ashore in the New World We all enjoyed this pleasing sport during most part of the siege of Louisbourg; when Captain Schomberg, of the Diana frigate, […]
8 October 2020

The Loss of the Duke William (part 1)

Extract from the Naval Chronicle, for 1807: Vol. XVII, January to June; Part One – p.396-401 in a series on the Correct Relation of Shipwrecks. Narrative […]
3 August 2020

Royal Escape from Falmouth

During the English Civil War Cornwall remained loyal to the Royalist cause. Both the Queen, Henrietta Maria, in 1644 and in 1646, Charles, Prince of Wales, […]
29 July 2020

PZ.613 Hawa Dilli

Hawa Dilli  – PZ.613 : 1935 – 1962ex- Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916ex- Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935; In the winter of 1935, the Penzance registered […]
29 July 2020

PZ.613 Orion

Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935Ex – Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935-1962. In the Summer of 1916 the Newlyn lugger Albania was […]
28 July 2020

PZ.613 Albania

Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916;Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935;Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935-1962.[Official No. 164791; 1935] The Albania, was one of the finest first class […]
18 June 2020

PZ.30 Percy

Percy ~ 30.PZ ; 1878-1889Percy ~ PZ.30 ; 1889-1907 Built in 1878, the Mount’s Bay lugger Percy, was part of a significant expansion in the numbers […]
8 October 2020

The Loss of the Duke William (part 2)

Ashore in the New World We all enjoyed this pleasing sport during most part of the siege of Louisbourg; when Captain Schomberg, of the Diana frigate, […]
8 October 2020

The Loss of the Duke William (part 1)

Extract from the Naval Chronicle, for 1807: Vol. XVII, January to June; Part One – p.396-401 in a series on the Correct Relation of Shipwrecks. Narrative […]
3 August 2020

Royal Escape from Falmouth

During the English Civil War Cornwall remained loyal to the Royalist cause. Both the Queen, Henrietta Maria, in 1644 and in 1646, Charles, Prince of Wales, […]
29 July 2020

PZ.613 Hawa Dilli

Hawa Dilli  – PZ.613 : 1935 – 1962ex- Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916ex- Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935; In the winter of 1935, the Penzance registered […]
29 July 2020

PZ.613 Orion

Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935Ex – Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935-1962. In the Summer of 1916 the Newlyn lugger Albania was […]
28 July 2020

PZ.613 Albania

Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916;Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935;Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935-1962.[Official No. 164791; 1935] The Albania, was one of the finest first class […]
18 June 2020

PZ.30 Percy

Percy ~ 30.PZ ; 1878-1889Percy ~ PZ.30 ; 1889-1907 Built in 1878, the Mount’s Bay lugger Percy, was part of a significant expansion in the numbers […]