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  2. George William Manby - Wikipedia

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    Manby mortar, 1842 drawing. Captain George William Manby FRS (28 November 1765 – 18 November 1854) was an English author and inventor. He designed an apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks and also the "Pelican Gun", the first modern form of fire extinguisher.

  3. HMS Snipe (1801) - Wikipedia

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    The wreck was witnessed by captain George William Manby. [2] Following this tragedy, Manby experimented with mortars, and so invented the Manby Mortar, (later used with the breeches buoy), that fired a thin rope from shore into the rigging of a ship in distress. A strong rope, attached to the thin one, could be pulled aboard the ship.

  4. Jacques Joseph Ducarne de Blangy - Wikipedia

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    Captain George Manby carried out a successful demonstration of his apparatus before the Suffolk Humane Society and a very large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen at Lowestoft, on the 26th August and 10th September 1807, on the former John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke, their President was present. It was this later design that achieved a wide ...

  5. John Cantiloe Joy and William Joy - Wikipedia

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    John Cantiloe Joy Royal Navy shipping in the Channel (undated) Born (1805-06-04) 4 June 1805 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Died 10 August 1859 (1859-08-10) (aged 54) Soho, London Nationality British Known for Marine painting Movement Norwich School of painters William Joy Saving a Crew near Yarmouth Pier (undated, Norfolk Museums Collections) Born (1803-11-04) 4 November 1803 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk ...

  6. Edward L. Beach Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Edward Latimer Beach Jr. (April 20, 1918 – December 1, 2002) was a United States Navy submarine officer and author. [1]During World War II, he participated in the Battle of Midway and 12 combat patrols, earning 10 decorations for gallantry, including the Navy Cross.

  7. Manby (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Charles Manby (1804–1884), civil engineer and son of Aaron Manby; Dave Manby, canoeist or kayaker; Frederic Edward Manby (1845–1891), surgeon and Mayor of Wolverhampton 1888/1889, elder brother to Alan Reeve Manby; Captain George William Manby FRS (1765–1864), inventor of the Manby Mortar and the first portable pressurised fire ...

  8. Captain Archie ‘Poo,’ former owner of North Myrtle Beach’s ...

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    Captain Archie ‘Poo,’ former owner of North Myrtle Beach’s Captain Archie’s, dies at 87. Caroline Williamson. October 28, 2022 at 4:13 PM. 1 / 2.

  9. 1st Maryland Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776. It was organized in the spring at Baltimore, Maryland (three companies) and Annapolis, Maryland (six companies) under the command of Colonel William Smallwood consisting of eight companies and one light infantry company from the northern ...