Captain Cuttle 1927. He died at the Mirafiori stud, near Turin in 1932 after breaking his back in a freak accident. The name "Captain Cuttle" was taken from a character in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, Captain Edward Cuttle. It was subsequently applied to an LNER Class A3 locomotive, No. 2745 (BR number 60091), many of which class were named for racehorses. Captain Cuttle Captain Cuttle was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He ran only six times in a career which was restricted by chronic injury problems. He was the outstanding British colt of his generation, winning The Derby and
HMS Cuttle (1807) HMS Cuttle (1807) HMS "Cuttle" was a Royal Navy "Ballahoo"-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1807. She was broken up in 1814. She was commissioned in 1807 under Lieutenant Thomas Bury for the Halifax station. Between 28 September and 16 October she was in Portsmouth, refitting. In October 1808 Lieutenant George Jackson took command. One of his first assignments was to sail to Boston to await the American president's response to the "Chesapeake"-"Leopard" Affair. "Cuttle" was at the