On 9th February 1861, a violent storm wrecked more than 200 ships on the east coast. The Whitby lifeboat crew launched five times to rescue stricken vessels, but on their…
At 3am on 7th September 1838, The Forfarshire struck aground with considerable force… Forty-three passengers and crew, including the captain and his wife, perished. On 5th September 1838 the Forfarshire…
The National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was founded on 4th March 1824 by Sir William Hillary. Hillary witnessed the wreck of HMS Racehorse, in 1822, only two months…
Lionel Lukins “unimmergible” boat, the world’s first unsinkable boat, paved the way for the first purpose-built lifeboat designed and patented in 1785. In 1784 Lukin had begun experimenting with a…
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