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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Thomas Moore Manby (1 January 1769 – 13 June 1834) was a British naval officer who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars and rose to the rank of rear admiral. He sailed with George Vancouver on his voyages of exploration, captained Bordelais , Africaine and Thalia , and was the chief suspect in the " delicate ...
18 February – The Royal Navy gun-brig Snipe runs aground 60 yards (55 m) off Great Yarmouth in a storm, with around 200 people drowned, inspiring Captain Manby to invent the Manby Mortar. [4] 23 February Around forty people are killed in a crush attending a public hanging in London. [5]
18 February – First recorded rescue using the Manby Mortar when the crew of the Plymouth brig Elizabeth stranded off Great Yarmouth are hauled safely to shore under the direction of Captain Manby. [3] 1 March – Slave trade abolished in all of British colonies as the Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect. [4]