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Brief History of the Brocklebank merchant sailing ship Veronica

Brief History of the Brocklebank merchant sailing ship Veronica: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

The Veronica was a barque built by T.& J. Brocklebank at Bransty, Whitehaven, launched on the 13th January 1860. She spent her thirteen year career with the Brocklebank Line in the China trade, for her first voyage commanded by Capt.Richard Robinson, who was to become one of the most famous seamen of his era. Robinson had previously commanded the Herculean for two years, in the same trade, but earned his fame with the tea clipper Fiery Cross, which he captained from her launch in 1861. In this vessel he won the tea race from China four times during the 1860's, and later achieved further success with the clipper Sir Lancelot.

Capt. Robinson was followed by Capts. Douglas, Caleb Brown (1866-7), A.M.Haldane (1868) and Evans (1870-3). They took her to Foo Chow, Macao and Hong Kong.

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Essex National Heritage

Essex National Heritage: "The Manchester Village Historic District, in Manchester, is 39 acres in size, located on Route 127 in the center of town, in a rough arc around the head of the town's harbor. The buildings in the District represent an excellent sampling of virtually every major type of vernacular architecture from the 17th to the early 20th Century. Forster Cemetery, the Tappan Cemetery and the 1661 Cemetery, and also the Manchester Common, are the Village's main sites. Also included is the Trask House, home of the Manchester Historical Society. U.S.A.

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Classic Mersey tug all set to pull in the Bank Holiday Monday Liverpool crowds

FOR a small ship, her maritime CV is impressively varied.
This is the veteran tugboat which has done it all from escorting the Royal Yacht Britannia in the Mersey to towing barges from Anglesey with stone to build Royal Seaforth Dock.
In between times, she pushed and pulled countless liners, warships freighters and tankers around the Mersey docks.Following retirement from port duties in 1989, the old Liverpool tug Brocklebank now boasts a very special accolade.She is the only seagoing vessel owned by a UK national museum.
Brocklebank sails around Britain’s coast as a floating ambassador for Merseyside Maritime Museum and has visited France, Ireland and Scotland via the Caledonian Canal.Her finest hour was probably representing Liverpool at the International Trafalgar Fleet Review in 2005.On this coming Bank Holiday Monday, the public will be able to enjoy the rare chance to tour the tug for free at her home berth in Albert Dock, Liverpool.This Merseyside maritime gem is the last operational example of a traditional tug built for this river.
Owned throughout her commercial life by the famous Alexandra Towing Co of Liverpool, Brocklebank was built in 1964 by WJ Yarwood & Sons Ltd, of Northwich, Cheshire.She was spectacularly launched sideways into the River Weaver and christened by the current Sir Aubrey Brocklebank’s mother, Pamela.
The 103ft long ship still has her original Crossley eight cylinder diesel engine to power her at 10 knots.
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Torver Tourist Information by Wordsworth Country.

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A couple of miles outside Coniston on the road to Broughton-in Furness is the hamlet of Torver.
It stands on the old packhorse trail to the Duddon Valley, and at one time boasted a railway line used for transporting stone and slate from the nearby quarries.