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On
Sunday 14th October, Chairman of Wivenhoe's Nottage Maritime Institute,
Richard Barnard, the Management Committee of the Nottage together with an
invited crowd, were present outside Malting House, No 74 High Street,
currently owned by Ian and Charlotte Narbeth, for an unveiling of a plaque
commemorating the life of Captain Albert Turner who lived at that address
from 1930 until 1948.
Captain Turner was a local fishing skipper who developed a reputation
for winning races and who found himself as captain on board King George
V's racing yacht Britannia. Turner secured 326 prizes for the King's
yacht, including 216 firsts, during the 12 years he served King George
from 1923 to 1935.
The cost of the plaque was financed by donations from Wivenhoe Town
Council and the Wivenhoe Society as well as by the Nottage Institute
itself.
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