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 Yacht EUDORA, Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, owned by Charles WellS of Bedford and kept at Gosport. Photo by Debenham of Ryde.


Charles Wells had been on the Melbourne run in the Blackwall Frigates 1856-72 and never lost his love of the sea, despite setting up the brewery in Bedford. Charles Wells was the father of Sir Richard Wells who owned the yacht WINDFLOWER.



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Yacht EUDORA, Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, owned by Charles WellS of Bedford and kept at Gosport. Photo by Debenham of Ryde.

Charles Wells had been on the Melbourne run in the Blackwall Frigates 1856-72 and never lost his love of the sea, despite setting up the brewery in Bedford. Charles Wells was the father of Sir Richard Wells who owned the yacht WINDFLOWER.

EUDORA 105944 Wood cutter. Built Camper & Nicholsons Gosport 1896. Owner Charles Wells, Newnham House, Bedford [LRY 1914].
The Archivist at Camper & Nicholsons says she was built as EUDORA for Fred Hewett in 1896 and acquired by Charles Wells in 1900.


Photo: Mike Wells
Image ID WFL_221


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.