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The Northfleet disaster – who drowned and who was saved, and who was Mr Braud?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Gavin Atkin

The portraits at the bottom of this page are the Captain of the Northfleet and his wife, who are both mentioned in the song. I don’t yet know the significance of Mr Braud pictured at the top I’ve been interested … Continue reading →

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Songs, tunes and videos

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Gavin Atkin

An illustration by George Cruikshank from the book Songs, Naval and National by Thomas Dibdin, published in London, England in 1841. Taken from the Wikipedia These are some of our favourite boating and maritime tunes, sea songs and videos online, … Continue reading →

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The wreck of the Northfleet revisited

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Gavin Atkin

The Northfleet Edgar March’s book Inshore Craft of Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar, volume 2 explains a little more about the famous collision off Dungeness that wrecked the Northfleet, and the rescue that followed it. (See an … Continue reading →

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