Thomas Dudley and Edwin Stephens white plaque

Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

R v Dudley and Stephens. Thomas Dudley and Edwin Stephens were detained before trial in cells under this building which was then Falmouth Police Station. Their vessel Mignonette sailing from Southampton to Sydney, sank in heavy seas 1600 miles off the Cape of Good Hope on 5th July 1884. After 20 day

s in an open tender in desperation they killed and consumed a third, almost like-expired crewmember. They were rescued on 29th July by the barque Montezuma bound for Hamburg which delivered them to Fa

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