We must include this pub.
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Where is it? Portsmouth? No, Bordeaux of all places!
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We must include this pub.
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Where is it? Portsmouth? No, Bordeaux of all places!
Excellent Dave.
Here is one to go with it.
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Trafalgar in Eindhoven.
Rob.
This establishment in Bayville, New York is much smarter than its name might suggest.
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Some more Jolly sailors.
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Rob.
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Where do you think these Crab pubs are? Cromer perhaps? I am afraid not. The first is in San Diego, California and the second is in Moscow!
Plenty of Jolly Sailors about it would seem.
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Logical for a pub to have them in its vicinity.
Rob.
Who would go to a pub called 'The Miserable Sailor'?
This pub in Whitby does not have a very exciting name but it is slightly witty - The Pier Inn.
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I'm still jolly.
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Rob.
This pub in Wakefield is named after Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, who defeated the Dutch fleet at the battle of Camperdown on 11th October 1797. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D...iscount_Duncan
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Still quite Jolly.
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Rob.
Admiral John MacBride served in the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M..._Navy_officer)
This pub in Plymouth is named after him.
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Another Jolly Roger.
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Rob.
This pub is at Sandwich in Kent.
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Vice Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen (17 September 1774 – 3 November 1857) is best known for his exploration of the West and East coasts of Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen the only picture of him which I could find looks decidedly 'odd', as though his face has been painted unto another body.
Lord Nelson in Nottingham.
Had many a pint in there on the way back from the bowling alley.
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Rob.
This pub in Portsmouth is named after Sir Francis Drake.
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Going all poetic now!
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Rob.
This pub is on Boston Avenue in Runcorn.
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Did your ale of the day come from here Dave?:happy:
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This pub in Kentish Town is currently closed. The locals want it to reopen but property developers want to turn it into a block of flats'
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Robert Mann (c.1748 – 20 September 1813) served in the Royal Navy during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert..._Navy_officer)
This pub named after Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis is in Southampton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Curtis
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Another Rodney tavern in Alresford very close to where we re-enact the battle of Cheriton.
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Rob.
From Harlow we have 'The White Admiral'.
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A spate of Admiral Rodney's at the moment.
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Rob.
This pub in Potters Bar is named after Admiral Byng. His naval career had a sad ending. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng
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Here is another Rodney from Swadlingcoat.
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Rob.
This pub is in Dover.
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There were at least three Admiral Harveys. Admiral Henry Harvey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Harvey
Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliab_Harvey
and Admiral John Harvey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H...er,_born_1772)
Here is a pub to go with today's beer.
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The Golden Hind in Birmingham.
Rob.
A more recent Admiral, from Canvey Island.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J..._Earl_Jellicoe
And another old one. at Sandwich.
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Here is his backstory.
Vice Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen (17 September 1774 – 3 November 1857), was a British naval officer and explorer. He is best known for his exploration of the west and east African coasts, discovery of the Seaflower Channel off the coast of Sumatra and for surveying the Canadian Great Lakes.
The illegitimate son of Captain William Owen he was orphaned at the age of four, however, his father’s friend Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Rich, kept an eye on both William and his elder brother Edward, in 1788 at age 13 he embarked as a midshipman in Rich’s ship, HMS Culloden, and from that time the Royal Navy was his life. Self-willed and boisterous, he had not infrequent difficulties early in his naval career.
He served at home and on ships in the East Indies. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1797. In 1801 he took command of the fireship HMS Nancy. In late 1801 the hired armed cutter King George, under the command of a Mr. Yawkins, served under Nelson at his failed attack on Boulogne. On 25 August Nelson came aboard King George to conduct a reconnaissance of the French fleet. In October Nelson gave Owen command over the King George as well, with secret instructions to launch a burning Nancy at the French fleet. The fire attack did not occur and Nancy was sold in December.
After the resumption of war with France in 1803, Owen was given command of the 16-gun brig HMS Seaflower, which sailed to the East Indies. There he served under Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Commander-in-Chief East Indies.
He explored the Maldive Islands in 1806, and in the same year discovered the Seaflower Channel, between the islands of Siberut and Sipora off the west coast of Sumatra.
He fought the Dutch in the East Indies, but in on 28 September 1808 the French frigate Manche captured Seaflower. The French held Owen from 1808 to 1810 in Mauritius, during which time he was promoted to commander. After his release Owen was promoted to post captain in May 1811, before returning to England in 1813.
From 1815 to 1816, he surveyed the upper Canadian Great Lakes with Lieutenant Henry Wolsey Bayfield, naming an inlet in southern Georgian Bay "Owen's Sound" in honour of his elder brother, Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen. Between 26 October 1815 and 31 May 1816 he was the senior Royal Navy Officer on the Great Lakes.
Rob.
In Banbury there is the
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Vice-Admiral Lancelot Holland commanded the British force in the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941. He was killed with all but three of his crew when his flagship H.M.S. Hood blew up whilst fighting against the Bismark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Holland
The Admiral Vernon.
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This is the Admiral Hardy in Weymouth.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Th...y,_1st_Baronet
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Admiral Sir Charles John Napier KCB GOTE RN (6 March 1786– 6 November 1860) was a British naval officer whose sixty years in the Royal Navy included service in the War of 1812 (with the United States), the Napoleonic Wars, Syrian War and the Crimean War (with the Russians), and a period commanding the Portuguese navy in the Liberal Wars.
An innovator concerned with the development of iron ships, and an
advocate of humane reform in the Royal Navy, he was also active in
politics as a Liberal Member of Parliament and was probably the naval officer most widely known to the public in the early Victorian Era.
Napier was the second son of an also famous father, Captain Charles Napier, R.N., and grandson of Francis, 6th Lord Napier; he was thus a direct descendant of the great mathematician John Napier. He was born at Merchiston Hall, near Falkirk, on 6 March 1786, and educated at the Royal High School, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Rob.
Today the Admiral Cunningham in Bracknall.
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There have been at least two Admiral Cunninghams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew...am_of_Hyndhope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C..._Navy_officer)
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John MacBride (c. 1735 – 17 February 1800) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a politician who saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral of the Blue.
MacBride entered the navy after serving on merchant vessels and distinguished himself in a number of actions during the Seven Years' War, including cutting out a privateer, which secured him the rank of post-captain by the end of the conflict. He was instrumental in establishing and securing a British settlement on the Falkland Islands in the years of peace which followed, and also performed service to the Royal Family by transporting the King's sister, Caroline Matilda. Still in active service by the outbreak of war with the American colonies, MacBride took command of a ship of the line and saw action in engagements under Keppel and Rodney. He was also active against privateers, capturing the Comte d'Artois in a heated battle off the Irish coast. Further service followed with Parker's fleet against the Dutch and with Barrington in the Channel.
MacBride ended the war serving ashore in Ireland, and in 1784 embarked on a political career, becoming MP for Plymouth. Promoted to flag rank with the outbreak of war with Revolutionary France, he commanded squadrons off the enemy coasts, and transported troops to support land operations on the continent. His last active service was in 1795, though he was promoted to Admiral of the Blue shortly before his death in 1800.
The Admiral Boscarn at Looe in Cornwall.
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I have not found any biographical details about this officer.
Admiral Edward Boscawen.
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(19 August 1711 – 10 January 1761) was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall. He is known principally for his various naval commands during the 18th century and the engagements that he won, including the Siege of Louisburg in 1758 and Battle of Lagos in 1759. He is also remembered as the officer who signed the warrant authorising the execution of Admiral John Byng in 1757, for failing to engage the enemy at the Battle of Minorca (1756). In his political role, he served as a Member of Parliament for Truro from 1742 until his death although due to almost constant naval employment he seems not to have been particularly active. He also served as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on the Board of Admiralty from 1751 and as a member of the Privy Council from 1758 until his death in 1761.
Thank you, Rob. You would think that a pub in Cornwall would spell his name correctly.
No such problems with this pub from a place called Over in Cambridgeshire.
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