Alec Rose
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Sir Alec Rose was a nursery owner and fruit merchant in England. After serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, he developed a passion for amateur single-handed sailing. He took part in the seco
Blue plaque commemorating Alec Rose's circumnavigation in Lively Lady
Lively Lady in 2012
News of Rose's knighthood, 1968
Sir Alec Rose pub, Port Solent
Francis Chichester
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Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.
Alec Rose
…race started at Plymouth, where Rose was photographed on board by Eileen Ramsay, the chronicler of sailing in post-war Britain. When Rose heard that Francis Chichester intended to sail single-handedly around the world, he was keen to compete. He attempted to start his journey at approximately the same time as Chichester…
Sir Francis Chichester, whose 1966–67 global voyage was sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat, its Woolmark featured on his cricket cap
The former Rectory in Shirwell, Devon, birthplace of Francis Chichester; photographed in 2017
Francis Chichester after his solo flight from Croydon, England to Darwin, Mascot, Australia, 1930
Memorial to Francis Chichester in St Peter's church, Shirwell