The Dutchess was not a real ship. It seems that many Indiamen had Duke/Count/Place names. My grandmother was from Cornwall, so I just sort of went with it.
Likewise Captain Tenley was supposed to be Captain Tetley, since he commanded a tea wagon. I just remembered my tea names wrong.
I likely would have missed the Dutchess vs Duchess spelling if it hadn't been an issue around our street being called "Duchess". When we first moved in, it was a new street that had been entered into the digital geo-location universe by someone as "Dutchess". We had a few years when delivery people, taxis, etc. would phone us up to say they couldn't find our address (i.e., the correct spelling came back as "address not found"). Then giving directions caused more issues since "Duchess" is off of "Gough" - rhymes with "cough".Originally Posted by Dobbs
The Dutchess was not a real ship. It seems that many Indiamen had Duke/Count/Place names. My grandmother was from Cornwall, so I just sort of went with it.
Likewise Captain Tenley was supposed to be Captain Tetley, since he commanded a tea wagon. I just remembered my tea names wrong.
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