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Culmer White
The ''Culmer White'' was a 19th-century lifeboat of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, England. With its sister boat, the '' Mary White'', it took part in the rescue of the ''Northern Belle The ''Northern Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship which ran aground near Thanet District, Thanet, England, on 5 January 1857. No lives on her were lost, thanks to heroic rescue efforts, in blizzard conditions. However, another ship sa ...'' in January 1857. The ''Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship which ran aground near Thanet in blizzard conditions. Both the ''Culmer White'' and the ''Mary White'' made repeated trips to the damaged ''Belle'' and saved the entire crew. References Lifeboats Shipwrecks in the Downs Maritime incidents in 1851 {{boat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Thanet
The Isle of Thanet () is a peninsula forming the easternmost part of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel, it is no longer an island. Archaeological remains testify to its settlement in ancient times. Today, it is a tourist destination, and has an active agricultural base. Etymology The island of Thanet is mentioned as ''Tonetic'' (c. AD 150; the TON- of this form was misread as TOΛI-, hence it appears as ''Toliatis'' in the surviving manuscripts of Ptolemy); ''Tanat's'' (3rd C AD, Solinus); ''Tanatos'' (AD 731); ''Tenid'' in 679BEAUREPAIRE and ''Tenet'' (e.g. charters of AD 679, 689 and thereafter); and the Old Welsh forms ''Tanet'' and ''Danet'', found in the ''Historia Brittonum'' (c. AD 829/30) and Armes Prydein (c. AD 930). Standard reference works for English place-names (such as Eilert Ekwall's ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names'') state the name ''Tanet'' is known to be Brythonic in origin. Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary White (lifeboat)
The Mary White was a lifeboat based in Broadstairs, Kent, England, named in 1851 after the completion of an heroic rescue of a brig, the ''Mary White''. The ''Mary White'' with its sister boat, the ''Culmer White'', took part in the rescue of the ''Northern Belle'' in January 1857. The ''Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship which ran aground near Thanet in blizzard conditions. The ''Culmer White'' and the ''Mary White'' made repeated trips to the damaged ''Belle'' and saved the entire crew. See also * Song of the Mary White * Culmer White The ''Culmer White'' was a 19th-century lifeboat of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, England. With its sister boat, the '' Mary White'', it took part in the rescue of the ''Northern Belle The ''Northern Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship ... References Lifeboats Shipwrecks in the Downs Maritime incidents in 1851 {{boat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Belle
The ''Northern Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship which ran aground near Thanet District, Thanet, England, on 5 January 1857. No lives on her were lost, thanks to heroic rescue efforts, in blizzard conditions. However, another ship sank, en route to the scene, the Margate lugger ''Victory'' which was lost along with her crew. The ''Belle'' was constructed in 1853, under the ownership of J. P. Whitney and Co. of New Orleans. Her common routes were New Orleans to Liverpool and Le Havre, carrying wheat on the outbound run. A barque of 1,150 tons burden with a crew of 23, she was on a voyage from New York to London, with a cargo of wheat, flour, and linseed cake, when as a result of an unusually heavy gale had to put into Kingsgate, Kent. She anchored 3/4 of a mile from the shore, however by 6 am she was riding heavily, the sea occasionally breaking completely over her. The storm was so ferocious that the main and mizzen masts were cut away by the crew at 6.30am. The Marga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifeboats
Lifeboat may refer to: Rescue vessels * Lifeboat (shipboard), a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape * Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues * Airborne lifeboat, an air-dropped boat used to save downed airmen Art and entertainment * ''Lifeboat'' (1944 film), a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Lifeboat'' (2018 film), a documentary * "Lifeboat" (''Stargate SG-1''), a television episode from the TV series * Lifeboat sketch, a sketch shown on ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' * ''Lifeboat'', a 1972 album by the Sutherland Brothers * ''Lifeboat'', a 2008 album by Jimmy Herring * "Lifeboats", a song on Snow Patrol's 2008 album, ''A Hundred Million Suns'' * "Lifeboat", a song from '' Heathers: The Musical'' Other uses * ''Lifeboat'', journal of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution * Lifeboat ethics, proposed by Garret Hardin based on the metaphor of a lifeboat * Lifeboat Associates, a software distributor and magazine publisher in the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipwrecks In The Downs
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately three million shipwrecks worldwide (an estimate rapidly endorsed by UNESCO and other organizations). When a ship's crew has died or abandoned the ship, and the ship has remained adrift but unsunk, they are instead referred to as ghost ships. Types Historic wrecks are attractive to maritime archaeologists because they preserve historical information: for example, studying the wreck of revealed information about seafaring, warfare, and life in the 16th century. Military wrecks, caused by a skirmish at sea, are studied to find details about the historic event; they reveal much about the battle that occurred. Discoveries of treasure ships, often from the period of European colonisation, which sank in remote locations leaving few livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
