16 April 2019
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- About us
- British Yachts & Yachtsmen - the text
- British Yachts and Yachtsmen - the Biographies
- British Yachts and Yachtsmen - the Yacht Clubs
- BYY Introduction
- Cammillieri Packet Portraits
- Edward Lawrance's Packet journal
- Focus on Falmouth
- Footnotes to history
- Helford and the SOE
- HMS Centaur
- News
- Our work
- Packet Surgeon's Journals
- Penzance Registered Luggers and MFVs
- Smuggling and wrecking
- The Ceuta papers
- The Falmouth Packet Service
- The Last of the Sailing Cutters
- Trafalgar
- Troze Articles
16 April 2019
12 February 2019
There were two leading Ship Agents operating in the town during Falmouth’s heyday in the C19: Fox’s and Broad’s. These companies provided services to ship owners […]
11 February 2019
During the C19 there were two large Ship Agents operating in Falmouth: Fox’s and Broad’s. They acted as agents for the many ships calling into Falmouth, […]
8 January 2019
The Groans and Grumblings of Jeremy Gribble[*], or The Miseries of a life at Sea. A splenetic composition ~~~~ Rundis, indigestaque moles[*] ~~~~~ Misery 1st. – […]
20 November 2018
Edward Lawrance was the commander of the Anna Teresa packet which left Falmouth for the Caribbean on 9 June 1776. He kept a journal which was […]
20 November 2018
July 31st – about one o’Clock having given the Men a little rest hove up and came to Sea, a Cloudy & Showery Night with the […]
20 November 2018
August the 5:th a squally rainy Day, at noon the North End of Martinico bore EbS 3 or 4 Leagues, at 4 in the Afternoon let […]
20 November 2018
I am now got as farr as Monday 29th July and will proceed to give you some Account of Grenada and how I spent my time […]