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NO. 84 – September 2011 Edited by Jonathan Seagrave EDITORIAL 3 84 The Newsletter of the SOUTH WEST MARITIME HISTORY SOCIETY ` ISSN 1360-6980 CONTENTS –NO. 84 – September 2011 Edited by Jonathan Seagrave EDITORIAL 3 REPORTS OF MEETINGS AGM Topsham 5 Plymouth RM Barracks 7 ARTICLES ‘Charles Morgan’ James Saumarez 10 Aiding the Civil Power pt 1 Peter Foston 12 REVIEWS More Tales… Cornish Lugger P. Greenwood rev. Tony Pawlyn 18 Historic Ships P. Brown rev. J. Seagrave 19 Conservation Historic Vessels vol. 3 NHS rev. Sara Stirling 20 Mutual Underwriting Helen Doe rev. David Clement 22 Ebb and Flow –Lyme Regis P. Lacey rev. David Clement 25 LETTERS NOTES AND NEWS 27 WEBERY 34 UPCOMING EVENTS 38 OFFICERS and COMMITTEE back cover WEBSITE. http://www.swmaritime.org.uk/ Individual contributions © Individual contributors. Entire journal © South West Maritime History Society 2011. Views expressed are the authors’ and not necessarily those of the Society or editor. 1 Charles Morgan . © J Saumarez. See article on p.10 Annual Subscriptions Due 1st April. £15.00 or £12 if paid by Standing Order. Students can take advantage of our special annual subscription of £7. 2 EDITORIAL At our AGM we were again able to avoid a rise in the subscription. Summary accounts are on page 8. It is perhaps worth mentioning that the accounts for recent years are all available on line at the Charities Commission website. Postal and other costs will catch up with us eventually. In the meantime we hope you will feel we offer good value. I’d remind members that the Committee are looking at the future direction of the Society in the autumn, and please send your views to Dale as soon as possible. I am personally particularly interested in feedback on the usefulness or otherwise of including other society meetings etc in Soundings, or whether we should look again at a website/email system for those interested. Sadly, there has been little response to the idea of a Society party booking for the Queen’s Jubilee Parade of Sail 3rd June next year, and there are as yet no firm offers of a vessel. If there is not enough interest by end October, we will have to drop the idea of an organised trip. Of course, members may well wish to get together informally, for what should be a memorable occasion. Finally, I would like to again thank all our contributors for keeping the news, views, and reviews flowing. Jonathan Seagrave Next copy date: November 20th 2011 3 FUTURE MEETINGS AND OTHER EVENTS September 9th to 11th Maritime History Conference, Exeter University . “Health Medicine and Mariners” ffi 01392 723289 October 8th Lyme Regis ffi David Clement (see Notice) October 22nd Bere Ferrers Will Stirling – boatbuilding (see Notice) November 5th : HMS Pickle etc. Shanties etc ffi Martin Hazell (Joint with 1805 Society) WSS and SWMAG talks – see p.39 Festivals September 10-18th Americas Cup World Series 2, Plymouth 20th November Clovelly Herring festival (Italics indicate an event of interest but not organised directly by the Society) Confirmation of events will be published either in the next edition or in calling notices for bookings, which will be sent to members at the appropriate time. 4 REPORTS OF MEETINGS AGM Topsham- abstracts of talks Fighting Under a Different Flag: Allied Submarines under British Operational Control in the Mediterranean, 1940-1944 While the British submarine campaign in the Mediterranean has been the recipient of some academic research, it is not widely known that Dutch, Greek, Polish, French and later even Italian submarines were a part of it. Under British operational control, these different nationalities conducted differing operations and made varying contributions to the campaign. This paper is the first dedicated study of the allied submarines that operated alongside the British in the Mediterranean in the Second World War. It examines the issues concerned with their supply and the varying treatment by, and attitudes of, the British to the different nationalities. It demonstrates that the British perceived different capabilities and qualities of the different nations, and that they varied the restrictions they placed on the operations of the different nationalities accordingly. Due to this, and the fractious relations between several of these nations, British and Allied submarine co-operation was less effective in the Mediterranean than elsewhere. Richard Hammond 5 Alexander Dow (1736 1779) Soldier, Historian, and Smuggler’s Clerk Alexander Dow wrote the first English language history of India, the three volume History of Hindostan, published in 1768 and 1772. Based on a Persian text, but incorporating Dow’s own thoughts and opinions, it remained the standard history for some fifty years. Today Dow is still recognised, in India as well as in the UK, as one of the pioneers of the European understanding of the history and culture of India. He was born near Comrie in Perthshire in 1736. In the early 1750s he came to Eyemouth, where he became Clerk to John and David Nisbet, of Gunsgreen House, whose main business was smuggling. Dow left Eyemouth, joining the King of Prussia Private Ship of War on her successful commerce raiding cruise based in Falmouth, which started in January 1757 and ended at Dartmouth in the August. Dow made his will on board the King of Prussia at Dartmouth in September 1757, leaving everything “to my beloved friend David Nisbet”. Following this he travelled to the Far East, ending up in Calcutta, where he joined the army of the East India Company. He rose quickly through the ranks, eventually becoming a Colonel. Back in London in 1768, Dow not only oversaw the publication of the History, but had his play Zingis put on by David Garrick. He got to know influential Scots in London, notably David Hume, and fathered a child, called Daniel. Dow returned to India in 1769, was back in London in 1772, when he had his portrait painted by Joshua Reynolds, then returned to India in 1773. He died in Bengal in 1779, aged just 43. He left £10,000 , approaching a million pounds today and it should all have come to David Nisbet. Dow now had influential friends and greedy relatives, however, so the will was placed in Chancery, not being settled until August 1796, after both John and David Nisbet had died. Derek Janes 6 Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse On July 16th twenty five members of SWMHS assembled at Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth. These fine buildings dating from 1783 are situated next to the Brittany ferries terminal in Plymouth at Millbay Harbour and replace the temporary accommodation the Marines occupied between 1755 and 1780. In a fully equipped theatre, built within the Barracks Complex in 1848, we were welcomed by Colour Sergeant Gary Chapman who introduced Stonehouse historian Richard Fisher. Our first speaker was Britt Zerbe who delivered a masterly lecture on the history of the Royal Marines based on his Doctoral Studies at Exeter University. This was especially interesting as he was able to compare and contrast the American experience of assembling a Marines function. Our second speaker was Richard Fisher who gave a comprehensive account of the development of the Marines and of the Stonehouse site. Lunch was taken in the magnificent Officers’ Mess, the home of many paintings and artifacts both of the Stonehouse site and the Royal Marines site at Chatham and Portsmouth. The afternoon saw a tour of the Stonehouse complex including the Chapel and several earlier Georgian buildings built by the former owners of the site, the Lord Edgecombes. The visit concluded with a tour of the Peninsula and a view of the fortifications overlooking Plymouth Sound, and the site of the harbour manager. This was a marvelous visit to a site little known even to Plymouth residents, encompassing fine architecture, and a rare snapshot of the history of the Royal Marines. The visit was a real privilege and of absorbing interest especially to those members with former experience of the Royal Marines. Many thanks to Martin Hazell for organising an excellent visit and to Colour Sergeant Gary Chapman, Mess Manager of the Royal Marines, Stonehouse. Dale Thomas 7 Annual Accounts South West Maritime History Charity: Society 289141 Income and Expenditure Account for 31st March 2011 Income 2010/2011 2009/2010 Subscriptions 5131 5055 Sales 186 210 Meetings 1924 2437 Gift Aid 1352 1147 Interest Received 56 120 Advertisements 50 0 Donations 77 106 Miscellaneous 0 0 Total Income for Y/E 31st March 2011 8777 9075 Expenditure Printing 3726 6095 Postage 972 1487 Meetings 1757 2512 Stationery 85 0 Donations 1500 1500 Insurance 214 201 Refunds 24 24 Internet 41 220 Miscellaneous 179 125 Total Expenditure for Y/E 31st March 2011 8499 12164 8499 8777 Total Profit (Loss) 278 -3089 8 Current Assets Royal Bank of Scotland 2312 2086 COIF Deposit Account 9281 9229 Total Assets 11593 11315 Current Liabilities Represented by Balance b/fwd 11315 14404 Profit(Loss) 278 -3089 Balance c/fwd 11593 11315 9 ARTICLES The Restoration Of The Charles W. Morgan In February this year, while visiting my wife’s family in Mystic, Connecticut, I had the good fortune to be introduced to Quentin Snedicer, the Preservation Director of the Henry B. Dupont Shipyard, which is part of the impressive Mystic Seaport Museum. He kindly offered to show me around the Charles W. Morgan, which is currently experiencing a $10 million restoration to bring her back to a working sailing ship from a museum exhibit. The 113 foot Charles W. Morgan, built in 1841, is the last surviving example of a wooden whaling ship. She had long been a popular exhibit alongside at the seaport (my wife spent a night aboard during a girl- scout visit in 1954!) but last sailed in1924.
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