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The 2013 Nottage Exhibition

by Nottage Maritime Institute

Captain George Manby

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

The Spritsail Sailing Barge

by Ipswich Maritime Trust

Lydia Eva A floating Museum

by The Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Trust

Historical Fishing Vessels

by Excelsior Trust

Lydia Eva: The Watchmoor years

by The Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Trust

The Origins of the Nottage

by Nottage Maritime Institute

History of Walton Maritime Museum

by Walton Maritime Museum

Nottage Jubilee Year Exhibition 2012

by Nottage Maritime Institute

Ship Model Conservation Training

by Nottage Maritime Institute

Objects in the Nottage Museum.

by Nottage Maritime Institute

Mundesley Maritime Museum History

by Mundesley Maritime Museum

West Runton Elephant

by Cromer Museum

Lowestoft Shipbuilding

by Lowestoft and East Suffolk Maritime Heritage Museum

Pierhead Painting

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

Community Curators

Community Curators

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

Your Ocean

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

Your Ocean

Your Ocean

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

SHELL ART

by The Peter Coke Shell Gallery

Henry Blogg

by Cromer Museum

Alfred Corry Museum Brochure

Alfred Corry Museum Brochure

by Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum

MHE Regional October Events 2008

by Felixstowe Museum

Great Yarmouth's Herring Curing Industry

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

OVERVIEW OF THE BOAT

by Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum

OVERVIEW OF THE MUSEUM

by Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum

Ganseys

by Cromer Museum

THE CROMER LIFEBOAT SHED

by Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum

Shipwreck! For Those in Peril

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

A Taste of Felixstowe Museum

by Felixstowe Museum

The Excelsior Trust's Historic Vessels

by Excelsior Trust

Wreck and Rescue involving the Alfred Corry

by Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum

Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home

by Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

The Maritime Collections of King's Lynn Museums

The Maritime Collections of King's Lynn Museums

A LIVING FROM THE SEA - SHERINGHAM'S FISHING COMMUNITY

by Fishermen's Heritage Centre Sheringham

HMS Beehive

by Felixstowe Museum

SAVING LIVES - SHERINGHAM'S PRIVATE LIFEBOATS

by Fishermen's Heritage Centre Sheringham

Rope & Ropemaking

by Museum of Knots and Sailor's Ropework

James Stevens No.14 Lifeboat

by Walton Maritime Museum

Sailor's Ropework

Sailor's Ropework

by Museum of Knots and Sailor's Ropework

The Museum of The Broads Site

by Museum of the Broads

The RNPS VC

The RNPS VC

by Royal Naval Patrol Service Museum

Some Museum Exhibits

by Mundesley Maritime Museum

Captain George Manby

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Introduction

Captain George Manby (1765-1854) was Master of the Great Yarmouth artillery barracks during the early 19th century and during his time there he designed many inventions for saving lives at sea.

He invented a system that used a mortar to fire a line onto stranded vessels. People were put into slings or breeches buoys and winched to safety along this line. This was the best known of Manby’s inventions and saved thousands of lives.

Manby was desperate for fame and recognition and toured Britain and Europe promoting himself and his inventions.

The following exhibition brings together objects in the Great Yarmouth collection which tell the story of his life and work.

Comments

Posted:May 13, 2013 5:46:13 PM GMT

Life-Saving Equipment

Readers may be interested to look up Henry Trengrouse, a Cornish contemporary of Manby, who independently at about the same time designed a rocket (rather than mortar) device to fire lines to stranded vessels. There is a fairly thorough piece about Trengrouse on Wikipedia, which mentions Manby and also John Bell, who had devised an apparatus several years earlier.

Kate Brett Cambridge

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Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

Oil Painting by William Joy 1803 -1867

Dutch Schuyts on the Beach

Oil Painting by William Joy 1803 -1867

Faithful and Historical Reminiscences of Captain Manby

Faithful and Historical Reminiscences of Captain Manby

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Line carrying rocket

Line carrying rocket

Pains-Wessex self-contained line carrying rocket with instruction card

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Norfolk and Suffolk type lifeboat built by James Beeching.

Norfolk and Suffolk type lifeboat built by James Beeching.

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Lifeboat Being Towed out of Yarmouth Harbour by Joseph Nash

Lifeboat Being Towed out of Yarmouth Harbour by Joseph Nash

Joseph Nash
(1835—1922)

c. late 19th century

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Dean Regan showing how to paint

Dean Regan

Dean Regan showing how to paint

felixstowe talks

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felixstowe talks

Captain Thomas Harper White

Captain Thomas Harper White, Master -Cockle Light Ship (1871?)

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Your Ocean Exhibition at Time & Tide

Your Ocean exhibition

Your Ocean Exhibition at Time & Tide

Caister shore

Caister shore

Caister shore

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Captain George Manby

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Stone Plaque from Manby Monument

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Manby Model- Breeches Buoy

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A Stranded Vessel

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