Richard Woodget

Richard Woodget (1845 - 1928) was an English sea captain, most famously known as the master of the famous sailing clipper Cutty Sark during her most successful period of service in the wool trade between Australia and the United Kingdom.cite web | title = Cutty Sark - History - 1883 - 1895 | url = http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.fdvmyqknhxemnmvz&pageId=213 | publisher = Cutty Sark Trust | accessdate = May 22 | accessyear = 2006 ]

Richard Woodget was the son of a farmer in the English county of Norfolk who first went to sea in the coasters plying the waters of the east coast of Britain. By 1881 he was master of the Coldstream, and in 1885 he was appointed to command the Cutty Sark. A well respect sailor and man manager, Captain Woodget, made several record breaking passages between the United Kingdom and Australia.cite web | title = The Cutty Sark | url = http://www.red-duster.co.uk/DOFS6.htm | publisher = Cutty Sark Preservation Society | accessdate = May 22 | accessyear = 2006 ]

In 1895 the Cutty Sark was sold to Portuguese interests, and Captain Woodget transferred to command the Coldinghame. However he made only one voyage in this ship before retiring from the sea. He bought a farm at Burnham Overy Staithe in his native Norfolk, where he lived until 1926. He died on March 6, 1928.cite web | title = The Cutty Sark | url = http://www.red-duster.co.uk/DOFS6.htm | publisher = Cutty Sark Preservation Society | accessdate = May 22 | accessyear = 2006 ] Commemorative plaque on house in East Harbour Way, Burnham Overy Staithe. Noted on May 20, 2006.]

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