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    Another Cannon Inn, this time from Sidmouth.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    This pub is in Old Brompton, Kent.

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    Not very imposing for a Commodore!

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    Another Cannon, this time in West Molesey, Surrey.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    From Harlow we have 'The White Admiral'.
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    My home town, I’ve been in that pub !!!

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    My favorite place on earth (apart from my home) is this part of London, you can feel the history ...... Name:  3E2E617D98CC43FA825F8CCCA301B670.jpg
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    This Cannon is in Low Fell, Gateshead.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    This inn is at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight.

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    The Johnny Todd at Kirkby.

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    Johnny Todd he took a notion
    For to cross the ocean wide
    And he left his love behind him
    Walkin' down by the Liverpool tide

    For a week she wept full sorrows
    Tore her hair and wrung her hands
    Till she met another sailor
    Walkin' down by the Liverpool sands

    Why fair maid are you a-weeping
    For your Johnny gone to sea?
    If you wed with me tomorrow
    I'll be by you constantly

    I will buy you clothes and blankets
    I'll buy you a wedding ring
    You shall have a gilded cradle
    For to rock you baby in

    Johnny Todd came home from sailin'
    Sailin' on that ocean wide
    And he found his fair and false one
    Was another sailor's bride

    Now, all you men who go a-sailing
    For to fight the foreign foe
    Never leave, never leave love like Johnny
    Marry her before you go
    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    I remember that song. Its tune was the theme music for the t.v. police series 'Z Cars'.


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    This pub is in Sidlesham, West Sussex.

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    Westbay.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    This Crab and Lobster is at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight.

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    Yet another Rodney.

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    Wikipedia writes,"Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 – 10 September 1591) (alias Greynvile, Greeneville, Greenfield, etc.) lord of the manors of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon, was an English sailor who, as captain of the Revenge, died at the Battle of Flores (1591), fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship to the far more numerous Spanish. His ship, the Revenge, met 53 Spanish war ships near Flores in the Azores. He and his crew fought the fifty three in a three-day running battle. Many Spanish ships were sunk or so badly damaged that they had to retire from the battle. The Revenge was boarded three times and each time the boarders were seen off.

    Grenville was also a soldier, an armed merchant fleet owner, privateer, colonizer, and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World, and also participated in the fight against the Spanish Armada. His non-military offices included Member of Parliament for Cornwall, High Sheriff of County Cork from 1569–70 and Sheriff of Cornwall in 1576–77. He was the grandfather of Sir Bevil Grenville (1596-1643) of English Civil War fame, whose son was John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grenville

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    Admiral Duncan Soho.

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    The Grenville Arms in Nanpean, St Austell, Cornwall.

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    Another Lord Nelson, this time near Newark.

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    Another Grenville Arms, this time from Troon.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    This establishment named after the famous Swedish ship is at Ring's Island, Massachusetts.

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    The Dreadnought Inn Reading.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    This bar called Vasa is in Sandgate near Folkestone.

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    Another Royal oak.
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    The Carew Arms is in Crowcombe near Taunton in Somerset. The pub owes its name and signboard to the Carew family who became lords of the manor in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. The first Carew to become lord of the manor was Thomas. His great uncle, Vice Admiral Sir George Carew, was captaining the Mary Rose when she sank in Portsmouth harbour during the reign of Henry VIII.

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    And another!

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    The Rear Admiral pub is situated in Marine Parade, Singapore.

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    Pub upmanship Dave.

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    This establishment is in Pimlico, London.

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    The Red Herring in New Brunswick, Canada.
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    There is another Red Herring at Coppull in Lancashire.

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    This Red Herring is much nearer home. It is in Great Yarmouth.

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    Is that on an account in the Dogger Bank, Rob? :)

    This Red Herring is a much grander affair than the previous one. It is in Gresham Street, London.

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    Very amusing Dave. You will be held to account for that slip up.
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    Now cheque this out. Better not use this one.

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    Back to Suffolk for the next addition to the shoal. This pub is at Oulton Broad.

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    This pub is in Forest Gate, London.

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    Vice Admiral Thomas Wells (1759 – 31 October 1811) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
    Wells joined the Royal Navy in 1774. He became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Melampus in early 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. During this time Melampus participated in the Action of 23 April 1794, during which the British took three vessels, Engageante, Pomone, and Babet. Melampus had five men killed and five wounded. He went on to be commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Defence later in 1794 and commanding officer of the second-rate HMS Glory in 1799. He acted as a pallbearer at the funeral of Lord Nelson in October 1805. After that he became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1807 and was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Red in 1808.


    Rob.
    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB (6 October 1782 – 8 January 1869) was a Royal Navy officer. As a volunteer, he fought at the Battle of Groix, at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and at the Battle of Cape St Vincent during the French Revolutionary Wars and then, as a midshipman, served under Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.
    Gordon became commanding officer of the 28-gun frigate HMS Mercury which took part of a hard-fought action between three British ships and the combined forces of a Spanish convoy, 20 gunboats and land artillery off the town of Rota during the Napoleonic Wars. He later became captain of the 38-gun frigate HMS Active which was one of the four ships that successfully defeated a much larger French squadron at the first Battle of Lissa and was one of three that subsequently defeated three more powerful French frigates off Palagruža.
    Gordon also saw action in the War of 1812 leading the successful raid on Alexandria on the Potomac and taking part in the less successful attack on Fort McHenry and the Battle of Baltimore. He went on to be Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    HRH Prince Andrew has given his approval for this portrait of him in naval uniform to be used on a pub sign in Fitzrovia, London.

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