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{{Short description|British sailor (1908β1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use British English|date=July 2011}} [[File:Sir Alec Rose blue plaque.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Blue plaque commemorating Alec Rose's circumnavigation in ''Lively Lady'']] '''Sir Alec Rose''' (13 July 1908 β 11 January 1991) was a nursery owner and fruit merchant in [[England]]. After serving in the [[Royal Navy]] during World War II, he developed a passion for amateur [[single-handed sailing]]. He took part in the second single-handed Atlantic race in 1964 and circumnavigated the globe single-handedly in 1967β68, for which he was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]]. His boat ''Lively Lady'' is still seaworthy and is used for sail training by a charity.
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