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Sheringham Lifeboat Station
Sheringham Lifeboat Station is an RNLI operated lifeboat station located in the town of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. Since 1992, the station has been inshore operations only - currently with an Atlantic 85 rigid inflatable - offshore lifeboats are to the east at Cromer and the west at Wells-next-the-sea. In its history there have been two Bronze Medals and 1 Silver medal awarded to crew by the RNLI. The current lifeboat station was built in 1936 to replace a smaller older one which was located at the Old Hythe lifeboat house within the town of Sheringham. History Pre RNLI From early times the main source of income in the town of Sheringham had been fishing. In the late 1800s there were upwards of 200 fishing boatsThe Fishermen's Lifeboat By Peter Cox & Tim Groves:Published By Sheringham Town Council 1994, operating from the Hythe and the beaches of the town. As the fishing industry flourished the loss of life at sea increased. These recurring tragedies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheringham
Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is ''Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat'', Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".Town Crest and motto Retrieved 7 March 2013 History 
The place-name 'Sheringham' is first attested in the
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RNLB J C Madge (ON 536)
RNLB ''J C Madge'' (ON 536) was a Liverpool-class, Pulling and Sailing non-self righting lifeboatSheringham Lifeboats: By Leach, Nicholas and Russell, Paul :Published by landmark Pub Ltd, 2009: The Sheringham Lifeboats, 1838-200: By Bensley, Mick: Published :Bengunn 2003: stationed at Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . from December 1904 until June 1936 during which time she was launched on service 34 times and saved 58 lives. ''J C Madge'' was replaced by . Design and construction ''J C Madge'' was built at the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company in Blackwall in 1903 at the cost of £1,436 16s 6d. She was paid for from a legacy of £2,000 left to the RNLI by a Mr James C Madge, a chemist, of Southampton. The design was a Liverpool class, non-self righting, pulling and sailing lifeboat. ''J C Madge'' was in length, making her the largest and the only one built of the Liverpool type lifeboat built. The boat was bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mast (sailing)
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sails, spars, and derricks, and giving necessary height to a navigation light, look-out position, signal yard, control position, radio aerial or signal lamp. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship. Nearly all sailing masts are guyed. Until the mid-19th century, all vessels' masts were made of wood formed from a single or several pieces of timber which typically consisted of the trunk of a conifer tree. From the 16th century, vessels were often built of a size requiring masts taller and thicker than could be made from single tree trunks. On these larger vessels, to achieve the required height, the masts were built from up to four sections (also called masts). From lowest to highest, these were called: lower, top, topgallant, and royal masts. Giving the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lug Sail
The lug sail, or lugsail, is a fore-and-aft, four-cornered sail that is suspended from a spar, called a yard. When raised, the sail area overlaps the mast. For "standing lug" rigs, the sail may remain on the same side of the mast on both the port and starboard tacks. For "dipping lug" rigs, the sail is lowered partially or totally to be brought around to the leeward side of the mast in order to optimize the efficiency of the sail on both tacks. The lug sail is evolved from the square sail to improve how close the vessel can sail into the wind. Square sails, on the other hand, are symmetrically mounted in front of the mast and are manually angled to catch the wind on opposite tacks. Since it is difficult to orient square sails fore and aft or to tension their leading edges ( luffs), they are not as efficient upwind, compared with lug sails. The lug rig differs from the gaff rig, also fore-and-aft, whose sail is instead attached at the luff to the mast and is suspended from a spar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheringham Lifeboat The Oddfellows 5 January 2014 (5)
Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is ''Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat'', Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".Town Crest and motto Retrieved 7 March 2013 History
The place-name 'Sheringham' is first attested in the
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RNLB The Oddfellows (B-818)
RNLB ''The Oddfellows'' (B-818)Sheringham Lifeboats: By Leach, Nicholas and Russell, Paul :Published by landmark Pub Ltd, 2009: is the current rigid-inflatable inshore lifeboat on station at the English coastal town of Sheringham in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom.''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . State-of-the-art inshore lifeboat ''The Oddfellows'' arrived on station 11 July 2007 to replace . This latest version of the Atlantic 85 class had been in development by the RNLI since 2004. This lifeboat at the time of its arrival in Sheringham was the most modern state-of-the-art class of inshore lifeboat in the RNLI fleet. The new lifeboat was funded by the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, from which the lifeboat once again took her name. The organization also provided £68,000 for a new drive-on, drive-off launch and recovery carriage required for this larger boat. This new apparatus had a number of improved features such as illumination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RNLB Manchester Unity Of Oddfellows (B-702)
RNLB ''Manchester Unity of Oddfellows'' (B-702)Sheringham Lifeboats: By Leach, Nicholas and Russell, Paul :Published by landmark Pub Ltd, 2009: was an lifeboat rigid-inflatable inshore lifeboat on station at the English coastal town of Sheringham in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom.''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The boat was a permanent replacement for the lifeboat which served at Sheringham from 29 January 1994. Funding and new equipment ''Manchester Unity of Oddfellows'' was the very first ''Atlantic 75''-class of lifeboat to be placed on permanent service at an RNLI station in the United Kingdom, reinforcing the faith and investment in the continuing future of the Sheringham station. The new lifeboat was built at a cost of £61,000 and this was funded by the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, who through this new boat maintained their strong link with the Sheringham branch of the RNLI. The organisation had, in the past, funded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RNLB B-536
The Atlantic 21 is part of the B class of lifeboats that served the shores of the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) inshore fleet. The Atlantic 21 was the first generation rigid inflatable boat (RIB), originated at and by Atlantic College in South Wales, the birth place of the RIB after which the craft is so named. The school was also one of nine locations where the RNLI first established lifeboat stations using smaller inshore watercraft. Atlantic College Lifeboat Station was commissioned by the RNLI in 1963 and decommissioned in 2013. Nearly all of the Atlantic 21s have been retired from service by 2006, one of the notable exceptions to this being the boat allocated to Walmer in Kent. RNLB ''James Burgess'' (B-589) was retired to the relief fleet in December 2006. It was replaced by an Atlantic 85. Description The Atlantic 21 can be launched from a davit, trolley or floating boathouse depending on the location of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheringham Lifeboat
Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is ''Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat'', Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".Town Crest and motto Retrieved 7 March 2013 History
The place-name 'Sheringham' is first attested in the
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RNLB Lloyds II (ON 986)
RNLB ''Lloyds II'' (ON 986) was an lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stationed at Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk from 8 October 1990 until April 1992, when she was replaced by the second generation Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) ''Manchester Unity of Oddfellows'' in April 1992. During the time that the ''Lloyds II'' was on station at Sheringham, she performed 13 service launches. Design and construction ''Lloyds II'' was built at the yard of Morris and Lorimer at Sandbank, Argyll. She was an Oakley-class self-righting design which combined great stability with the ability to self-right in the event of the lifeboat capsizing. This was achieved by a system of shifting water ballast. The system worked by the lifeboat taking on one and half tons of sea water at launching into a tank built into the base of the hull. If the lifeboat then reached a crucial point of capsize the ballast water would transfer through valves to a righting tank built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheringham Lifeboat ON960 Manchest Unity Of Oddfellows
Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is ''Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat'', Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".Town Crest and motto Retrieved 7 March 2013 History
The place-name 'Sheringham' is first attested in the
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RNLB The Manchester Unity Of Oddfellows (ON 960)
'' The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows'' (RNLI Official Number 960) was an Lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)Sheringham Lifeboats: By Leach, Nicholas and Russell, Paul :Published by landmark Pub Ltd, 2009: The Sheringham Lifeboats, 1838-200: By Bensley, Mick: Published :Bengunn 2003: stationed at in the England, English county of Norfolk''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . from 10 July 1961 until 1990 when she was replaced after 29 years service by an second generation Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) in May 1992. During the time that ''The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows'' was on station at Sheringham, she performed 127 service launches, rescuing 134 lives. Design and construction ''The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows'' was built at the yard of William Osborne at Littlehampton, West Sussex.Oakley Class Lifeboats: An Illustrated History of the RNLI's Oakley and Rother Lifeboats: By Leach, Nicholas :Published by The History Press Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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