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Thread #133553 Message #3435756
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
13-Nov-12 - 08:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Montague Whaler (Bernie Bruen)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Montague Whaler (Bernie Bruen)
"The Montagu Whaler was the standard Royal Navy ship's boat from before WW1 to the 1960s, designed aroung 1900 by an Admiral Montagu."
I presume this is the Admiral Montagu responsible;
http://www.hinchhouse.org.uk/fifth/admiral.html Admiral Victor Alexander Montagu CB was born 20.4.1841 and died 29.1.1915.
5th Feb 1915 We regret to announce the death of Rear Admiral the Hon Victor Alexander Montagu CB, brother and heir presumptive to the present Earl of Sandwich. Born in 1841 he was the second son of the Seventh Earl of Sandwich and Lady Margaret Paget.
Entering the navy in December 1853 he saw considerable service as a midshipman in the war with Russia, the China War and the Indian Mutiny. He told how on the same day he was asked to dine with both Queen Victoria and the German Kaiser, some great distance apart.
He solved the situation by first dining with the Queen at Osbourne, excusing himself, being driven in a fast cab to the Kaier's launch and making a full costume change on the way.