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The Sea Captain’s bookshelf
Anyone studying family history in the Dinas area or merely haunting the graveyards to read the tombstones will know that too many mariners died at sea. Board of Trade inquiries into maritime disasters in the 19th century showed that a ship … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged catechism of the Laws of Storms, Dinas, Dinas Cross, master mariner, Pembrokeshire, sea captain, ship wrecks
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Marie Elsie and the Man with the Golden Gun
Capt. Joe Francis (of Eryl, Dinas) was captain of SS Marie Elsie in 1915 – a dangerous time to be a sailor. Fortunately, by the time the Marie Elsie was torpedoed and sunk on its way to Arkhangelsk in June 1917 … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea, Transport
Tagged 1st world war, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Ian Fleming, James Bond, master mariner, Pembrokeshire, scaramanga brothers, sea captain, tramp steamer
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Perished at sea
David Vaughan Clay fell overboard and was drowned at sea when his ship was off the River Plate in S America. His family’s gravestone in Ramah Churchyard, a few minutes’ walk from Tegfan, gives the bare facts. The wonderfully informative … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, mariners, master mariner, Pembrokeshire, Ramah, sea captain, Tegfan
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