Bishop Rock

Bishop Rock (52˚20'00" 131˚09'00" Entrance to Skincuttle Inlet, SE side of Moresby I, QCI). Charles Bishop (c 1765–1810), from Hampshire, was a former RN midshipman who was employed as a ship’s capt by Bristol merchant Sidenham Teast. He worked off the W Africa coast, 1792–94, then was given command of the Ruby, a small vessel that traded in the QCI in 1795. Fearing that the 100-tonne Ruby had been damaged by grounding on a ledge, Bishop cut short his BC voyage and headed S to spend the...

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