House of York Warwick himself changed sides, and supported Margaret of Anjou and the king's jealous brother George, Duke of Clarence, in briefly restoring Henry in 1470-71. However, Edward regained his throne, and the House of Lancaster was wiped out with the death of Henry VI himself, in the Tower of London in 1471. In 1478, the continued trouble caused by Clarence led to his execution in the Tower of London; popularly he is thought to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey wine. On Edward's death in 1483, the crown passed to his twelve-year-old son Edward. Edward IV's younger brother Richard,
TSS Duke of Clarence down - a red, green and white light combined and a white globe light. At approximately "Duke of Clarence" passed "Lady Loch" and shortly after collided with "Albatross", ramming the "Albatross" amidships, resulting in "Albatross" sinking in a matter of minutes. "Lady Loch" hastened to the scene and upon arrival found "Duke of Clarence" stationary with two of her lifeboats engaged searching for survivors. Captain Edward Shimmin had managed to save himself by climbing aboard "Duke of Clarence", two further sailors, Robert Kelly (second engineer) and deck hand Thomas Turner, had managed to take hold of two empty fish boxes