Posts relating to the management, history or operation of lifeboats
This extract, illustrated with images from the Frank Sutcliffe Collection, introduces Henry Freeman, Whitby coxswain. Posing for the famous local photographer wearing the lifejacket that… Read More »New lifejacket design is lifesaver, 1861
This remarkable design was the brainchild of the Rev. Edward Berthon in response to the shipwreck of ‘SS Orion’ off Port Patrick, Scotland in 1850… Read More »Berthon collapsible: ideal tender for a small yacht
Île Vierge marks the south-western limit of the English Channel and is a small islet off the approach to l’Aber Wrac’h, North Finistere. Today, the… Read More »Seaweed and the rocky coast of Finistere
In 1914 the Whitby lifeboatmen, along with four other boats from the treacherous north east coast of England, saved 85 lives, including wounded soldiers and… Read More »85 lives saved from ‘Rohilla’: November 1914
After a brief introduction to the ‘Dunkirk Little Ships’ Keith Mosley shares his experiences of the 2015 Return to Dunkirk aboard ‘Papillon’. The event is run… Read More »Return to Dunkirk, 2015
We bring two tales of rescue from Whitby, one at sea and one after dragging the lifeboat ‘Robert Whitworth’ overland for six miles to avoid… Read More »Whitby lifeboat ‘Robert Whitworth’, 1880s