Hugh Pugh (sailor)
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Hugh Pugh (1794 or 1795 – 10 August 1865), was a legendary
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mariner. Pugh was the captain of a 60-ton " flat" named the ''Ann'' of Liverpool, which traded between
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and
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. His exploits were recorded by John Glyn Davies in the
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''Fflat Huw Puw''. The ship was wrecked off
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in 1858, but Pugh survived and retired to Caernarfon and later to
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, where he died.


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Welsh Biography Online
1790s births 1865 deaths Welsh sailors People from Caernarfon People from Anglesey {{Wales-bio-stub