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Robert Whitworth (1871–1881) 1870–1881 32-foot Self-righting (P&S) First named Lucy, later named Robert Whitworth. Original boat named Robert Whitworth served at Bridlington and was wrecked in the Great Gale of 1871. [48] [47] [b] [49] 180 Robert and Mary Ellis: 1881–1908 34-foot 1in Self-righting (P&S) [50] 588 Robert and Mary Ellis ...
A 33-foot 10-oar self-righting boat, Robert Whitworth, costing £255 and built in 1864 by Forrestt of Limehouse, London, had served at Tynemouth for one year, and had then been transferred to Bridlington. However, she was found too heavy for Bridlington due to the soft sand, and it was this boat that was then placed at Whitehaven.
The Great Gale of 1871 was a severe storm in the North Sea which struck the north east coast of England on Friday 10 February 1871.. Shipping near the town of Bridlington was severely affected by the storm, and, in an attempt to rescue seamen, the RNLI lifeboat RNLB Robert Whitworth was put out of action and the fishermans lifeboat Harbinger upturned with nine locals on board, killing six of them.
The lifeboat station at Robin Hood's Bay was closed in 1931, as it was found that the Whitby lifeboat could in the bay before the Robin Hood's Bay lifeboat could be manhandled into the sea. [19] The cobbled slipway at Robin Hood's Bay (known as Way Foot ), is steep and the combined weight of the lifeboat and carriage was 7 tonnes (7.7 tons).
Robert Whitworth may refer to: Robert Whitworth (canal engineer) (1734–1799), English land surveyor and canal engineer; Robert Whitworth (rugby union) (1914–2002), Scottish rugby union player; R. P. Whitworth (Robert Percy Whitworth, 1831–1901), journalist, writer, and editor active in Australia and New Zealand; Rob Whitworth (born 1982 ...
Upgang Lifeboat Station was located just over 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Whitby Harbour, midway between Whitby and Sandsend, on the coast of North Yorkshire. A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1865, effectively a No.3 station for Whitby Lifeboat Station .
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The final 18 miles (29 km) to Over falls by 195 feet (59 m), and includes the 2,192-yard (2,004 m) Oxenhall tunnel, [22] which was not destroyed by the construction of the railway, as the railway company took the sensible decision to avoid the likely problems of enlarging it, and built a diversion to the south-west. The coal branch left the ...