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artyartie ([personal profile] artyartie) wrote2006-10-08 01:47 pm
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New Pellew Story

This is from A Social History of the Navy by Michael Lewis, and is for all you fellow Pellew fans. I swear, he just has the best stories ever. :)

Jeremiah Coghlan was a Merchant Service boy who showed extraordinary courage, rescuing fifty men from an East Indiaman. Hearing about the boy's story, Sir Edward Pellew offered him a berth in the Indefatiguable as a Midshipman. Coghlan thrived under Pellew's care, making Lieutenant and eventually Post Captain before his death.

[identity profile] twirlychelengk.livejournal.com 2006-10-08 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
'RAH PELLEW! How very nice of him. yee! loff!