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Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home
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Introduction
The Sailors Home was founded in 1861 and in its one hundred year history cared for more than 11000 shipwrecked sailors. They were given accommodation, food and basic medical care, sometimes having been through terrible ordeals.
Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home
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The closure of the Sailors' Home
Improvements to navigational aids and more sophisticated equipment made shipwrecks rarer and fewer calls were made on the Home. It closed on the 1st January 1965. Back in 1860 the local Town Gossip column complained that the Home had been built on too grand a scale, and would remain empty for most of the year and be difficult to maintain and that inevitably it would close.
It did close, but not till 100 years later. By that time over 11000 shipwreck survivors had been given shelter from all around the country and from 29 different nations.
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Exhibition: Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home
Faithful and Historical Reminiscences of Captain Manby
During four winters after my appointment to the charge of the Barracks at Yarmouth in 1803, I res…
Line carrying rocket
Pains-Wessex self-contained line carrying rocket with instruction card
This rocket is a &l…
Lifeboat Being Towed out of Yarmouth Harbour by Joseph Nash
Joseph Nash
(1835—1922)c. late 19th century
This arresting scene empha…
Captain Thomas Harper White, Master -Cockle Light Ship (1871?)
Captain Thomas Harper White, born Dec 16 1812 in Plymouth Devon is my great great grandfather. I …
