This page features articles on this website that mention pirates in some way.
Links to books & useful websites on pirates & smugglers A general history of pyrates ...
Britain's First seaside resort
Britain's First Seaside Resort As the first seaside resort in Britain, 50 years before Brighton, Scarborough pioneered "bathing machines" for women, who entered the ocean clad in vast garments, helped by servant women, from horse dra...
The case for a navy Dr John Dee, one of the cleverest men of his day and a confidante of Queen Elizabeth I, put the case for a Royal Navy, of three score tall ships or more, in 1577. They would stop France, Denmark, Scotland and Spain annoying &qu...
Cobles along the Scarborough and Filey coast
Cobles on the Yorkshire Coast This page features articles on this website that mention cobles. 1799 - a great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue A great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue in 1799 The following is a...
Cowling fishing family of Filey Scarborough and Flamborough
The Cowling fishing family This page features articles on this site that may mention Cowling in some way. 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster One of the duties of the lifeboat is to escort fishin...
The Dalton fishing family of Scarborough This page features articles on this site which mention the Dalton fishing family of Scarborough,Flamborough,Filey and Flamborough in some way. 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster 1954 Scarb...
Filey and the sea This page features articles on this website that mention Filey in some way. 1799 - a great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue A great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue in 1799 The following ...
The history of Filey Lifeboats From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE FILEY LIFEBOAT It was inevitable that Filey men should have been regularly involved with the Filey Lifeboat, eit...
Flamborough Head This page features articles on this website that mention Flamborough in some way. 200 year history of Scarborough's RNLI The 200 Year History of Scarborough's RNLI BACKGROUND Many meetings and much private...
Position Paper.- Harbour Research No 12. J.Rushton.2012 Scarborough and the Royal Navy etc. Additions and corrections are welcomed to this introductory note on connections between Scarborough and the royal Navy. The ...
Here is the sixth "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the ...
John Stephenson - a Whitby pirate
A Whitby Pirate - John Stephenson In the year 1721 the fine frigate ship Onslow, Captain Gee, Commander, bound for Cape Coast Castle, was riding off Caetos, on the African Coast, having called there for water and other necessities. Suddenly a pira...
Maritime heritage timeline 6500 BC Britain became an island when the channel plains flooded with rising sea levels. 1600 BC The first craft used by Britons would have been rafts, dugout canoes and coracles. 600 BC Phoenician trade routes to ...
There is a very extensive site maintained by Lars Bruzelius at Upsala, Sweden. His Maritime History Virtual Archives at: http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Nautica.html has many pages of information about maritime history, museums,...
NAUTICAL LANGUAGE Many words and expressions originate from our relationship with the sea. Some familiar words and phrases come from their use on the sea; from commonly used words like overwhelm (from the English word meaning "to capsize"...
Scarborough fishing families - the Pashby family This page features articles on this site which mention the Pashby fishing family in some way. A to Z listing of Famous Scarborough people SMHC Archive File information held on the follow...
Pilots or pirates This story appeared in a series of articles by Forrest Frank in 1920 in the Scarborough Daily Post - This story came from Captain Wilson: The procedure for pilotage into Scarborough Harbour was simple. On the Platform there we...
The pirate of the Morning Star Benito De Soto, The pirate of the morning star in the Pirates own book 1837 The following narrative of the career of a desperate pirate who was executed in Gibraltar in the month of January, 1830, is one of two le...
Pirates threaten a Scarborough ship
Pirates threaten a Scarborough ship The importance that sailors attach to their provisions and stores is great and sometimes amusing. The Scarborough Barque Migrator, belonging to W and B Fowler and commanded by Captain Hargreave Potter (uncle of ...
Articles on this website that mention the harbour: 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster One of the duties of the lifeboat is to escort fishing boats back to port during bad weather. Storms can whip up ...
Radio 270 - pirate radio station off Scarborough
Radio 270 - pirate radio station off Scarborough Most people associate pirate radio with Radio Caroline but in truth there were pirate radio stations all arouind the UK. Radio Scotland went on air on New Years Eve. Then Radio 270 intended to start...
Scarborough fishing families - Rennard family This page features articles which mention the Rennard families in some way. 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster One of the duties of the lifeboat is to es...
RNLI - Scarborough,Whitby, Filey
RNLI history - Scarborough,Whitby, Filey This page features articles on this site which mention RNLI or Lifeboats in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Lifeboat once. &b...
Robinson family of Scarborough and Filey
The Robinson fishing family of Scarborough and Filey This page features articles on this site which mention the Robinson fishing in some way. A to Z listing of Famous Scarborough people SMHC Archive File information held on the followi...
A short history of Scarborough Scarborough has a major fort, an important portand was the first seaside resort. Since the 12th century, the great rock carried a Norman castle, visited by the mediaeval Kings from Henry II to Richard III, who m...
Seamen's Songs and Shanties Sea Shanties A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific st...
Smuggling trade in Yorkshire and Scarborough
The Yorkshire and Scarborough smuggling trade This page features articles on this site which mention smuggling or words related to smuggling in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just me...
Scarborough fishing families - the Swift family This page features articles on this site that may mention the Swift fishing family in some way. Cobles along the Scarborough and Filey coast Cobles on the Yorkshire Coast This p...
Theakston's guide to the Scarborough fisheries 1866
Theakston's guide to the Scarborough fisheries 1866 THE FISHERIES. "To weary toil while others sleep, The sturdy fisher wends his way, To reap the harvest of the deep, He labours on till break of day." Varieties of Fish - Pa...
Tindall ship attacked by pirates
Tindall ship attacked by pirates The story below comes from "THE TINDALLS OF SCARBOROUGH" page 60. It was the pirates who eventually caused the expulsion of William and Robert from he Society of Friends. In 1928 the Tindall barque, &#...
The Whitby & Saltburn coastline This page features articles on this site which mention Whitby or areas close by in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Whitby once. ...
Yorkshire Coast history This page features articles on this site which mention the Yorkshire Coast. 20th anniversary of the bombardment German bombardment - 20th anniversary The following article appeared in the 16th December, 1934...
