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unusual facts about Sir Edward Troubridge, 2nd Baronet



Bibby Line

In 2002 Sir Derek Bibby, 2nd baronet, and great-great-grandson of the founder and past chairman and president of the firm, was aged 80 and terminally ill with leukemia.

Sir Edward Troubridge, 2nd Baronet

Two days later, off the island of Tidore, the two ships captured the Dutch 12-gun Belgica.

At Île Sainte-Marie off Madagascar they learned that the ships had put into the harbour to take on water and fresh meat, before sailing for the Cape.


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