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Courtesy of the Nottage Institute. J.C.
This must be the crew of the fifth Rosabelle built 1902.
‘My’ Henry Harlow was captain until his death in 1906 when Walter Benjamin
Wenlock took over (I believe). Walter was born in Brightlingsea in 1862, the son
of Benjamin Wenlock, master mariner of Brightlingsea. WB had been Mate and then
sailing master of the Alruna, a Cowes registered yawl. (The owner was
listed as her Master) I am not sure how long WB was master of the
Rosabelle. He was i/c when he and the Rosabelle were
requisitioned in 1915.
The mate William Frederick Goodwin (born Wivenhoe 1876) was Henry Harlow’s
son in law. (He married Henry’s eldest daughter Alice Hannah in 1900.) She died
in 1926 and William was appointed 1st Mate of the Rosabelle on
26/06/1928. Theodore Pim, the owner died on 22/09/1929, aged 84, and had only
returned from a cruise five days before. (He fell at his home in Bramley in
Surrey and fractured his hip on the day of his return.)
This dates the photo to 1928/9, and may well be the last photo of Mr Pim on
board. Walter Wenlock died in 1936 and William Goodwin in 1948.
Additional information kindly researched by Mary Norris, West Sussex.
2 comments:
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I have found an anchor brooch with HMY Rosabelle engraved on it. I think it was given to my grandmother by my grandfather or one of my uncles, all of whom served in the navy WW2.
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