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Richard Woodget (1845 – 6 March 1928) was an English sea captain, best known as the master of the famous sailing clipper Cutty Sark during her most successful period of service in the wool trade between Australia and the United Kingdom.

On retirement his hobby was breaking in wold horses.

Once on rounding Cape Horn with a mutinous crew...he held them off with a pistol and smashed the lifeboats with an axe.

Repro ID: D5927 Description: A transitional percussion revolver, c. 1850, owned by Captain Richard Woodget of the 'Cutty Sark'. Woodget took this revolver with him on all his voyages as captain of the 'Cutty Sark'. Once, when she was rounding Cape Horn in pursuit of a world speed record, they met such a bad storm that the crew wanted to abandon the clipper. Captain Woodget reputedly disabled the life boats with an axe and drew his revolver, forcing the crew to stay on board.

Creator: Lacey & Co

Date: c. 1850

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London

[oldvirginian]

Dang those tall ships are things of beauty and artistry.
Makes my soul cry that they are museum relics. Thankfully some are preserved for us who love them.