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Harwich Lifeboat Station
Harwich Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station located in the town of Harwich in the England, English county of Essex. The station is positioned on the southern side at the mouth of the River Orwell estuary. The station serves a particularly busy section of coastline with Harwich being a very busy ferry terminal. Across the estuary is the Port of Felixstowe which is the United Kingdom's busiest containerization, container port. History 1821: first station The first lifeboat at Harwich was called ''Braybrooke'', and it was first stationed there in 1821. It was named in honour of Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke, Lord Lieutenant of Essex.''Wreck and Rescue on the Essex Coast'' - The wreck and rescue series. Author: Malster, Robert.Publisher: D.B.Barton; First edition. Hardback 168 pages. Edition: October 1968. The lifeboat was financed by the Essex Lifeboat Association, but no funds were available fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
