7 July 2021
Among the many smuggling myths and yarns of West Cornwall is an enduring one about an incident supposedly involving a Revenue Cutter called Faery off Prussia’s […]
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6 July 2021
Once again all then went quiet, and it was seven or eight months later before another incident brought Carter’s battery to the fore. The Lord Hood, […]
6 July 2021
Early in 1785, Fairy was again in serious risk in Mounts Bay. Between 22nd February and 1st March (virtually the same dates as the previous year) […]
6 July 2021
If December 1785 had proved an unsuccessful month, then the auspices for 1786 were not much brighter. On 2nd January the Sprightly, now under the command of […]
10 May 2021
A new referreed article has been published in Troze, our associate online publication. It looks at the first few decades of Falmouth as a Trust Port. […]
29 October 2020
Captain Nichols’ account of the sinking of the Duke William is corroborated by a variety of other sources. Lloyd’s List, then the twice weekly British Shipping […]
28 October 2020
The Covid 19 lockdown has given us the chance to catch up with a series of articles which had previously been ‘one day, I shall …’ […]
22 October 2020
A small plaque in St Gluvias church, Penryn, reads: A LA MEMOIRE DES ACADIENS This memorial commemorates the 73 men, women and children buried in the […]
8 October 2020
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 […]