Captain Arthur Dowds
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Owner:
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DADowds
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Released:
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Thursday, August 15, 2019
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Origin:
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Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
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My grandfather, Arthur Dowds, was born in Dec. 1904 in Rathdown. In 1911 he was listed with his parents as born in Dublin City, aged 6, able to read and write. He was lively and adventurous, chose the sea as a career, got his Extra-Master's ticket and was Captain of some quite large ships that plied in foreign waters. This was in the era of transition from steam to diesel powered ships. Late in life he married Primrose McLaren, the daughter of a Glasgow shipowner. Primrose bore him three children. She was one of the first women to obtain an aeroplane pilot's license at the age of 17. In later life Arthur became the principal of the Navigation School in Dublin. During World War II he skippered an old sailing ship, (The Mary B Mitchell), under the Irish flag, bringing food from Spain through the mine fields in the Bay of Biscay.
On one trip Arthur Dowds' ship The Albany (formerly Empire Albany) was lost with all hands.
Below are links to two very interesting two cine films showing Capt. Arthur Dowds aboard the Mary B Mitchell in RIngsend (Graving) Docks in Dublin.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=3b5ccf77c8ee0891&id=3B5CCF77C8EE0891%2193740&authkey=%21APEy0r%5FPkrEaIN8
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ALFPmGgHOoyQAuQ&cid=3B5CCF77C8EE0891&id=3B5CCF77C8EE0891%2193735&parId=3B5CCF77C8EE0891%2193701&o=OneUp
With thanks to http://brennen.caltech.edu/earls/chap5.htm
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Team MMK discovered it
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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Discovered in Buzzard. About as far from the sea as you can get in the UK, but very close to rising flood water, a boat might be needed soon.
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Sapphirites placed it in Buzzard
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 15.58 miles
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Sapphirites retrieved it from Aylesbury Through the Ages - Adventure Lab Bonus
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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IB Searching placed it in Aylesbury Through the Ages - Adventure Lab Bonus
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 14.04 miles
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IB Searching took it to It's a sign
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
- .21 miles
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IB Searching took it to Crime and Punishment
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
- .68 miles
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IB Searching took it to Commuters Rest
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
- 10.27 miles
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IB Searching took it to Tring-the (un)known Ad Lab Bonus
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
- 6.7 miles
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IB Searching retrieved it from Missenden Meander 11 Bonus Cache
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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Retrieved from the Bonus cache for the Missenden Meander series - will move on soon.
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frost on the track placed it in Missenden Meander 11 Bonus Cache
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- .22 miles
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Sorry for holding this for so long, but I was hoping to find a more appropriate seaside drop off, but none of those on the coast were large enough.
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