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RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat of 1861
On Saturday 28th September the new lifeboat at Scarborough was launched. The lifeboat was taken by public procession from the Railway Station down to the lifeboat house. It was christened and immediately t...
One of the duties of the lifeboat is to escort fishing boats back to port during bad weather. Storms can whip up out of no where and the lifeboat would be there to help just in case. On the 8th December 1954 such a storm occurred and the Scarboro...
The 200 Year History of Scarborough's RNLI
BACKGROUND
Many meetings and much private discussion took place at Trinity House in Scarborough during the close of the eighteenth century, not only among seamen, but also amongst other well-dispos...
The following article was in the Scarborough Mercury in 1910. It was entitled "SCARBOROUGH HERRING SEASON - FISHERLAD LOST FROM LUGGER - BATCH OF MINOR INCIDENTS". The main incident mentioned was of the loss of a fisherboy who seems to ...
Published in History and antiquities of Filey in the county of York by John Cole 1832
The frequent shipwrecks which happen in Filey- bay and the vicinity, in the winter season, is appalling to humanity, and must excite the sympathy of every fe...
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, either rescuing fellow fishermen ...
THE DEATH OF YOUNG FRANK BAYES, age 24, by granddaughter of James Ruffen Bayes
On December 8th,1954 three scarborough Lifeboatmen lost their lives. Amongst them was young Frank Bayes. Local Ann Moncrief remembers this day well. Her uncl...
Henry Freeman is a famous name in Whitby Lifeboat history. He was the sole survivor of the 1861 Lifeboat disaster. It all began on the morning of February 9th 1861. The people of Whitby woke up to a fierce gale which was equal in violence to anyt...
Today a Royal visit can go almost unnoticed. There are so many distractions in terms of media. Yet in the 1920's Princess Mary visited the town and the whole town seemed to turn out. She had come to open the new British Legion House in Falsgr...
Experiments into new lifebelts on the Humber in 1861
In the 19th century the loss of life at sea was quite high.The seas were just as treacherous but the ships were just not as able to handle the high seas. The sailors were not in posession of sat...
The early years of the Scarborough Lifeboat
This chapter first appeared in Godfrey Arthurs book the Scarborough Lifeboats
Since medieval times, the town of Scarborough had been important to mariners for its "harbour of refuge", where ...
Lord Beauclerk a hero
This article was provided by Carol and Malcolm Appleby who found a reference to the lifeboat disaster of 1861. It was in the Scarborough Mercury of Friday, August 11th, 1911.
This year, on the 2nd of November, will occur t...
The lifeboat tragedy of November 2nd,1861 was perhaps the most memorable in Scarborough's RNLI history. It took place just yards off the Spa Walls. It was witnessed by many who watched the drama unfold.
It was a scene of afwul grandeur. In...
John Owston - coxswain of Scarborough lifeboat
The picture below was kindly donated by the great great granddaughter of John Owston who was probably the most famous coxswain of Scarborough lifeboat. He is often referred to as John Ow...
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1861 - RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat.
RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat of 1861 On Saturday 28th September the new lifeboat at Scarb...
An epic Lifeboat rescue in Robin Hoods bay and a terrible tragedy
The Scarborough Mercury of 22nd January, 1881 and Gazette of 20th January were thick with news about the terrible storms and cold weather. A hurricane had ripped through London whic...
Scarboroughs rowing lifeboats
THE ROWING LIFEBOATS OF THE RNLI
The following history is reprinted from Arthur Godfreys book "The Scarborough Lifeboats"
The RLNI began in 1824, but as we have seen Scarborough already had a well esta...
Self-righting lifeboat design by Sir George Cayley
Drawing and design of a self-righting lifeboat by Sir George Cayley. Date: c.1836
Sir George Cayley (27 December 1773 to 15 December 1857) was an English engineer, invent...
