It's tiny, you can barely stand up on it, it's smack bang in the middle of nowhere and the seabirds of the North Atlantic use it as a toilet. Nevertheless Rockall, stalwart of the shipping forecast, was still conquered in 1811 by the British Royal Navy and by the extraordinary man who lent his name to its only tangible feature. 

Buy Charlie's book of his adventures around the shipping forecast here:

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/1255/9780349116037

Buy this splendid podcast a well-earned pint here:

https://ko-fi.com/coastalstories