Edward Vernon served on Cloudsesley Shovell’s flagship at the capture of Gibraltar. He was later captain of the ship that avoided disaster in the disasterous wreck of Cloudesley Shovell’s fleet on the Isles of Scilly in 1707. He is known for his 1740 order that rum should be diluted with […]
Washington
The 1845 Admiralty survey of the Deben was exhibited as a display panel in Woodbridge in 2019. My object was initially to make some notes on the stretch of the Deben adjacent to Waldringfield but after noticing the name of the Captain, as will be seen, this turned to an […]