200 colliers lost at sea, 1692
Daniel Defoe describes a terrible disaster when 200 sailing colliers were lost off the east coast of England in 1692. About the year 1692, (I… Read More »200 colliers lost at sea, 1692
Storms
Posts relating to stormy weather
Christmas at Sea
This Christmas post is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson who was born in Edinburgh, 1850, son of a lighthouse engineer. He loved to travel,… Read More »Christmas at Sea
Ferocious storms and fearless lifeboat crews, 1880
Ferocious storms battered the English coasts in October, 1880. In this extract, reported in the ‘Scarborough Mercury’, we read about the heroic rescues undertaken by… Read More »Ferocious storms and fearless lifeboat crews, 1880
From Beaumaris to Weymouth in a ‘tubby little ship’, 1947
This extract is from an article by Audrey Faith Parker, ‘An eventful trip in a Tubby Little Ship’, originally published in Yachting Monthly, November 1947.… Read More »From Beaumaris to Weymouth in a ‘tubby little ship’, 1947
Loss of ships on the Kentish shore, 1703
The English East Coast town of Deal was well known to mariners in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this extract, Daniel Defoe describes the disastrous… Read More »Loss of ships on the Kentish shore, 1703
Bishop Rock and Wolf Rock: on passage to Scilly
Many ships have been lost off the westernmost rocks of the Isles of Scilly, one of the most well known disasters being the loss of… Read More »Bishop Rock and Wolf Rock: on passage to Scilly
OGA60 fleet: Lowestoft to Ipswich
Still challenged by unfavourable winds and rain several of the RBC60 fleet decided to spend a few nights in Lowestoft to await a weather window… Read More »OGA60 fleet: Lowestoft to Ipswich
Three score and ten
This post has the words and a recording by ‘The Longest Johns’ for a sea shanty about a storm off the east coast of England,… Read More »Three score and ten
Grace Darling: a gallant rescue, 1838
A dramatic, well-documented rescue takes place on the Farne Islands, off the Northumberland coast, 7 September, 1838. The rescue of just nine survivors by lighthouse-keeper,… Read More »Grace Darling: a gallant rescue, 1838