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Manby was born in the village of Denver on the edge of the Norfolk Fens.His parents were Mary Woodcock (1741-1783) and Captain Matthew Pepper Manby (1735-1774), lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay, a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend and barrack-master of Limerick at his death. [1]
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 ...
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.
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Manby mortar, 1842 drawing John Cantiloe Joy, Going to a Vessel requiring assistance and Thereby preventing Shipwreck (undated), Norfolk Museums Collections. The Manby mortar or Manby apparatus was a maritime lifesaving device originated at the start of the 19th century, comprising a mortar capable of throwing a line to a foundering ship within reach of shore, such that heavier hawsers could ...
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Under the Anglo-Irish Treaty (which marked the end of the Irish War of Independence), the complex was handed over to troops of the Irish Free State on March 1, 1922.Due to escalating tensions between Free State and Republican troops, the barracks were handed over to Republican forces on March 5, as part of a truce agreement agreed between Liam Lynch, Commandant of the Republican Forces, and ...