Termagant Point

Termagant Point (50˚29'00" 125˚49'00" E entrance to Topaze Hbr, Sunderland Channel, N of Hardwicke I and Johnstone Str, NW of Campbell R). HMS Termagant, under Capt Robert Hall, escorted the two small RN gunboats Forward and Grappler to Esquimalt in 1860. The 24-gun steam frigate, 64 m long and 2,180 tonnes, was launched at Deptford dockyard in 1847 and named after a villainous character who often appeared in medieval morality plays, usually dressed in a turban and gown (it was only later...

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