Re: Any efforts on the Grosvenor?
June 07, 2001 at 01:31:03
In Reply to: Re: Any efforts on the Grosvenor? posted by dr Andras Zsuffa on February 21, 2001 at 06:03:16
hi andras..my name is tim coxon ,you will recognise my surname ..i am the great ,great ,great grandson of captain john coxon ,who was captain of the grosvenor ..my godfather was percival kirby who wrote several books on the wreck etc ...its very exciting that you have finally found the ship ..i have obviously all the books and also a silver tankard engraved to john coxon "captain of the east indiaman the grosvenor".it was brought back to england on a later ship by his wife..i also have an oil painting of the wreck by smirke...please do keep me in touch with your salvage operation.i must come and see your discoveries soon......regards tim coxon
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