Latona Passage

Latona Passage (49˚31'00" 123˚27'00" Between Woolridge I and the NW side of Gambier I, Howe Sd, NW of Vancouver). After HMS Latona, a 38-gun frigate that participated, under Capt Edward Thornbrough, in the 1794 English Channel naval battle known as the Glorious First of June. The Latona was stationed so as to repeat the signals of Adm Lord Howe, the cdr-in-chief, but later plunged into the thick of the fight to assist the line-of-battle ships. In 1859–60, Capt George Richards named dozens...

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