Malvasia Malmsey was one of the three major wines exported from Greece in medieval times. (For other examples, see Rumney wine and Cretan wine). It is alleged that when Edward IV of England convicted his brother, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, of high treason, his private execution consisted of being "drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine," which is dramatized in Shakespeare's "Richard III". Both Monemvasia and Candia have lent their names to modern grape varieties. In Greece, there is a variety known as Monemvasia, evidently named after the port, though now grown primarily in the Cyclades. In western Europe,
TSS Duke of Clarence in 1930. "Duke of Clarence" was long, with a beam of and a depth of . As built, she was . She was later listed in Lloyd's Register as , . A pair of Laird Brothers three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each of which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke, connected to twin screws provided her propulsion. The engines gave "Duke of Clarence" a top speed of . Ordered by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), "Duke of Clarence" was built at Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, as the first of seven ships that they delivered between 1892 and 1909. It