What is a Rodney Decanter ?

We take a look at the Rodney Decanter and how it came by its name.

[@jpkatz1435]

This was a pleasure to get information backround on these decanters. Thankyou.

[@zen4men]

Never heard of a "Rodney" decanter before! Royal Navy is in my blood. My family live close to Plymouth, supplied 4 million tons of limestone to build Plymouth Breakwater 1812-1841, my grandfather was at Jutland ( our front door bell is the ship's bell of battleship HMS Collossus ( 1910 ), given to him by the navy on his retirement ), and my father was a WW2 submarine officer awarded the DSC by the age of 22. Mind you, I took to the army side of the family, but Royal Naval College Dartmouth definitely influenced my education, through my father. I rather like stories attached to things, so had I heard the Rodney story, I would have remembered it. / After 66 years of life, amazing how many completely new things keep popping up. / I grew up in a house called Cleeve, which had substantial cellars, as well as attics. There was a huge brown bearskin lurking in the cellar, with fur 4 or 5 inches long. As kids, we would wrap ourselves up in it, until we began to overheat. / There was Imperial Yeomanry equipment from the Boer War, where my great-grandfather was awarded the DSO for leading men up a 900 foot kloof to attack the Boers - and being cut to pieces - a forlorn hope distraction to allow the main force to disengage in a British defeat. / A Treasure Trove! /

[@SimonWallwork]

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