Brent Island

Brent Island (50˚17'00" 125˚20'00" Okisollo Channel, N of Quadra I and Str of Georgia). The British shipyard Randall & Brent, on the Thames R at Rotherhithe in SE London, built more than 60 vessels between 1770 and 1803, including, in 1789, HMS Discovery, which Capt George Vancouver sailed to the PNW in 1791. One of London’s main private shipbuilding firms, originally established by John Randall and John Brent (1729–1812) on Lower Queen St, it mainly produced ships for the RN, HBC and E...

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