The ship is now in the Falklands where she has taken over from HMS Dumbarton Castle. |
Although we're rattling our way along Dumbarton Road in nothing but a beat-up Ford Fiesta it really feels like we're out here cruising on the edge of the world. |
On the eighteenth day of June, 1791, Mr. Napier was born in the town of Dumbarton. |
Captured in Dumbarton castle in 1571 after Mary's cause had collapsed, he was accused of complicity in the murders of Darnley and of Moray, and hanged at Stirling. |
Lady Campbell and isoline await us there, with the troops left as their guard at Dumbarton. |
But the Dumbarton MSP will probably have to stay in place to see the campaign through. |