Safely delivered Naming babes born at sea
‘Mrs Bone was safely delivered of a son at 10 minutes to 4 pm,’ wrote matron Mary Holley on 7 December 1873. ‘I washed him and named him Samuel Plimsoll after the ship.’
It was an auspicious event all round. Praised by countless sailors for its beautiful lines, was an iron-hulled clipper built in Aberdeen, Scotland. Launched from the famed yards of Walter Hood, this immigrant ship was christened in honour of Samuel Plimsoll, a member of parliament who championed greater safety standards for British
