English wine cask units the mediæval French and Italian "botte") or pipe was half a tun, or 1008 pints. Tradition has it that George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, was drowned in a butt of malmsey on 18 February 1478. (However, Josephine Tey in "The Daughter of Time" suggests that "drowned in a butt of malmsey" means rather that George, Duke of Clarence, drank himself to death rather than literally drowning in a container of wine.) In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado", the narrator claims he has received "a pipe of what passes for Amontillado".
Duke of Clarence (1800 ship) 1803. She had embarked 212 slaves and she landed 191, for a loss rate of 9.9%. She left Trinidad on 30 June, and arrived back at Liverpool on 11 August. She had departed Liverpool with 22 crew members and shesuffered three crew deaths on the voyage. Captain Henry Killiner acquired a letter of marque on 11 January 1805. "Lloyd's List" reported on 25 January that the privateer "Duke of Clarence" had gone ashore at Secombe, and was much damaged. However, in February Killiner sailed "Duke of Clarence" to engage in whaling on the Brazil Banks. "Duke of Clarence" foundered on