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3 August 2022

PZ.361 Edith & Ethel

Edith & Ethel ~ PZ.361 1888-1914. Edith & Ethel ~ LT.320 1914-1924. Edith & Ethel ~ PH.14 1924-1931. Edith & Ethel ~ PZ.361. Built at Newlyn […]
3 August 2022

PZ.230 Telephone

Telephone ~ 230.PZ: 1878-1889; PZ.230: 1889-1916. The Newlyn based fishing lugger Telephone, was registered as a Sea Fishing Boat, in the registers kept by the Penzance […]
3 August 2022

PZ.85 Alpha

Alpha – PZ.85 : 1872-1925. The Alpha~PZ.85,was one of the new generation of Mount’s Bay mackerel drivers, introduced in the early 1870’s, after the completion of […]
2 August 2022

The death of Admiral Collingwood

Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood rarely gets the praise that he deserves for his part in the Battle of Trafalgar. A long-standing friend of Nelson’s, he was […]
30 June 2022

John Donaldson Boswall

We know a great deal about John Donaldson, as he was called during his time serving under Commodore Hood. It was only in 1812 that he […]
30 June 2022

George Edward Byron Bettesworth

George Bettesworth was the second son of John Bettesworth of Carhayes, Cornwall. In October 1807, his cousin, Lord Byron, wrote: Next January … I am going […]
30 June 2022

Hood’s Boys

The image created by John Eckstein neatly summarises the group we have called ‘Hood’s Boys’. It probably shows the team behind the establishment of the Diamond […]
30 June 2022

HMS Curieux and the Trafalgar Campaign

Having been captured from the French in February 1804, HMS Curieux had been an active member of Hood’s squadron. The unexpected arrival of the French and […]
30 June 2022

Life on Diamond Rock

We are fortunate in having a very full account of life ‘on board’ Diamond Rock in an account which appeared in two parts in the Tyne […]
3 August 2022

PZ.230 Telephone

Telephone ~ 230.PZ: 1878-1889; PZ.230: 1889-1916. The Newlyn based fishing lugger Telephone, was registered as a Sea Fishing Boat, in the registers kept by the Penzance […]
3 August 2022

PZ.85 Alpha

Alpha – PZ.85 : 1872-1925. The Alpha~PZ.85,was one of the new generation of Mount’s Bay mackerel drivers, introduced in the early 1870’s, after the completion of […]
2 August 2022

The death of Admiral Collingwood

Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood rarely gets the praise that he deserves for his part in the Battle of Trafalgar. A long-standing friend of Nelson’s, he was […]
30 June 2022

John Donaldson Boswall

We know a great deal about John Donaldson, as he was called during his time serving under Commodore Hood. It was only in 1812 that he […]
30 June 2022

George Edward Byron Bettesworth

George Bettesworth was the second son of John Bettesworth of Carhayes, Cornwall. In October 1807, his cousin, Lord Byron, wrote: Next January … I am going […]
30 June 2022

Hood’s Boys

The image created by John Eckstein neatly summarises the group we have called ‘Hood’s Boys’. It probably shows the team behind the establishment of the Diamond […]
30 June 2022

HMS Curieux and the Trafalgar Campaign

Having been captured from the French in February 1804, HMS Curieux had been an active member of Hood’s squadron. The unexpected arrival of the French and […]
30 June 2022

Life on Diamond Rock

We are fortunate in having a very full account of life ‘on board’ Diamond Rock in an account which appeared in two parts in the Tyne […]