Famous Cork Maritime Family Co. Cork: Roberts (Capt. R.E.) ...

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Famous Cork Maritime Family

Co. Cork: Roberts (Capt. R.E.) of "Simla" Glenbrook, Passage West," Folio Day-book for Cork boat-builder, for 1939. Contains letters to him, drafts of his replies, and notes. Orders range from yachts, and their accoutrements to punts and dinghies. Clients include C.W. Read, solicitor (re insurance claim for gangway accident on the S.S. Amarglin), Miss Hill ('daughter of H. Hill, Architect, re yacht "Yodash"), A.J. Wolfe (yacht "Marion"), J.F. Quain of Ardmore, etc. etc., cloth. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

* Capt. R.E. was a direct relative of Capt. R.R. Roberts of 'The Sirius,' the first steamship to cross the Atlantic entirely on steam.