Henry Blake (lighthouse keeper)

Henry Blake (lighthouse keeper)

Henry Blake (1837 – 1871) was the first New Dungeness Lighthouse keeper.

A USCG Coastal Buoy Tender WLM-563 based in Everett, Washington is named after him

External links

*http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-a/awl/bclass/wlm/hblakebio.htm
* [http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/CoastGuard/USCGCHenryBlake.htm Cutter Coat of Arms]


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