From which ship did Grace Darling and her father rescue seven survivors in 1838?
"Darling who in 1838, with her lighthouse keeper father William, rescued 9 survivors from the wreck of the SS Forfarshire off the coast of Bamburgh in Northumberland. Billed as ""When Hollywood came to Northumberland it was bound to cause a storm"", this is a contemporary, funny and heartfelt story about the making of the biopic of the very first Victorian heroine. After a world premiere at Alnwick Playhouse (co-producers) on 17 October, the production is touring to ten venues throughout the north east of England and a collection will be held for the RNLI after each of the 23 shows."
"people. For a time, Ann was known as the 'Grace Darling of Newfoundland', after the Englishwoman who, with her father, saved seamen wrecked on the Northumberland coast. Ann died in Port aux Basques in 1860. She was 49 years old. On July 17, 1987, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship ""Ann Harvey"" was commissioned in memory of Ann's heroic deeds. Ann Harvey Ann Harvey (1811–1860) was a fisher and rescuer born near the small fishing community of Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland. Harvey, called ""Grace Darling of Newfoundland"", is known for her bravery at the young age of seventeen for rescuing, along"
"Ann Harvey Ann Harvey (1811–1860) was a fisher and rescuer born near the small fishing community of Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland. Harvey, called ""Grace Darling of Newfoundland"", is known for her bravery at the young age of seventeen for rescuing, along with her father, younger brother and a dog, 163 shipwrecked people from the brig ""Despatch"" between July 12-15, 1828. ""Despatch"" had departed from Derry in late May, carrying nearly 200 Irish immigrants (and 11 crew-members) bound for Quebec City, but on July 10, a fierce storm wrecked the brig on the rocks near Isle aux Morts. The Harveys lived,"
"soon grew in reputation, acquiring its first boat in 1911. The Laboratory also operated a public aquarium and once housed the coble in which Grace Darling and her father rescued passengers from the ""SS Forfashire"" in 1838. In 1967 responsibility for the Laboratory was transferred to Newcastle University. As a research facility the Laboratory is normally closed to the public, but holds open days during the summer months and as part of other events such as Cullercoats Harbour Day and Heritage Open Days. A Marine Science distance learning course, Delve Deeper, run by the University includes a field course component"
"England for excursions. Many of these vehicles were named for famous people or locations; this particular omnibus is named after Grace Darling, a popular maritime heroine who was responsible for the dramatic rescue of survivors from a shipwreck off the coast of England in 1838. This omnibus was operated by the Huntress family who owned a livery business in South Berwick, Maine from the 1860s to 1904 before being acquired by the St. Paul's school to transport athletic teams to sporting events. The Gypsy Wagon (1860–1885) was accessioned into the collection in 1955. Gypsy wagons, sometimes called vardos, were used"
"foundered on the rocks and broken in half: one of the halves had sunk during the night. She and her father William determined that the weather was too rough for the lifeboat to put out from Seahouses (then North Sunderland), so they took a rowing boat (a 21 ft, 4-man Northumberland coble) across to the survivors, taking a long route that kept to the lee side of the islands, a distance of nearly a mile. Darling kept the coble steady in the water while her father helped four men and the lone surviving woman, Sarah Dawson, into the boat. Although"
"Dunarling today. A sailing ship, the ""Dunarling"" carries 85 passengers emigrating from Scotland to South Australia. On the ship are four mandrake dolls, put aboard by a mysterious woman. There is also another doll which belonged to the ship's captain. 100 years after the shipwreck, two teenagers, Adam Hardy and Catriona Chisholm, discover the five dolls in a cave. Two other boys, Richard Vernon and Mike Carter aggressively take four of the dolls, but Adam manages to keep one of them. With the single doll in his possession, Adam starts having visions of past events on the ship, then unsettling"
"Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright Jessie Ace (1860–1936) and Margaret Wright (née Ace; 1854–1933) are known for their rescue of crewmen, from the Mumbles lifeboat, which had gone to assist a wrecked German barque during an 1883 storm at Mumbles Head, Wales. Ace and Wright were daughters of the Mumbles Lighthouse keeper Abraham Ace. On 27 January 1883, an 885-ton German barque named ""Admiral Prinz Adalbert"" of Danzig was caught in a storm in Mumbles Head and wrecked just below the lighthouse. The Mumbles lifeboat came to rescue the crew. When the Mumbles lifeboat, a wooden sailboat named the ""Wolverhampton"","
"she survived the sinking, Mrs. Dawson had lost her two young children (James, 7, and Matilda, 5) during the night. William and three of the rescued men then rowed the boat back to the lighthouse. Darling then remained at the lighthouse while William and three of the rescued crew members rowed back and recovered four more survivors. Meanwhile, the lifeboat had set out from Seahouses but arrived at Big Harcar rock after Darling and her father had completed their rescue operation: all they found were the bodies of Mrs Dawson's children and of a clergyman. It was too dangerous to"
"from the area, Ann Harvey, along with her father, her twelve-year-old brother and a dog, rescued 160 people from the wreck between 12 and 15 July. As a result, Ann Harvey became known as the ""Grace Darling of Newfoundland"". The English government later awarded them a medal and a sum of money for their heroic feat. Survivors were taken to Halifax aboard HMS ""Tyne"". Despatch (brig) Despatch was a brig noted for having shipwrecked near Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, and for the subsequent heroic rescue of many of her passengers and crew. ""Despatch"" was partly owned by William Lancaster of"
"she got a hold of a piece of wreckage. She lost sight of her parents in the panicking crowd in the water. A few minutes later Grace saw a couple of lifeboats and called for help. One crowded boat responded and she was pulled aboard, where she lost consciousness, and woke up in a bed on the ""Storstad"", the ship that had collided with the ""Empress"", asking for her mother. Grace was then taken to a hospital in Rimouski, and the next day the hospital arranged for a train to take her and some other survivors back to Toronto, with"
"at the end of each commission. Commander William Peel (a later winner of the VC and 3rd son of Sir Robert Peel, British Prime Minister) became her captain from February 1847 until October 1848. She refitted at Chatham in 1850 and from August 1852 was commanded by Commander Gerard John Napier. A memorial Inscription in the Port Royal Parish Church records that Lieutenant Smith, Midshipman Trevillian and 5 seamen of ""Daring"" were ""drowned on June 23rd, 1853,- by the upsetting of one of her boats, - in the crossing of Tampico."" She visited the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1855,"
"deceased from the sea and rescue the fifteen people remaining on the stern. The rescue of the people required a great deal of effort. An important role in this rescue was played by lifeboat Captain Martijn Sperling who used a small boat to reach the North Pier and ascend its iron beacon, from where he was able to throw ropes to the deck of the wreck to rescue 11 of the survivors. Captain Sperling then took a yawl from the salvage vessel ""Van der Tak"" alongside the wreck to rescue the remaining three survivors, all female. Both Alberts Frères and"
"7-year-old Grace Hanagan who was born in Oshawa, Ontario, on 16 May 1907, and was traveling with her parents who were among the Salvation Army members who did not survive. Grace Hanagan Martyn was also the last survivor of the sinking and died in St. Catharines, Ontario on 15 May 1995 at the age of 87, one day before her 88th birthday. As for ""Storstad""s Chief Officer Alfred Toftenes, little is known of what became of him except that he died in New York a few years later, in 1918. He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Robert Crellin"
"the portside paddlebox casing. Nine other passengers and crew had managed to float off a lifeboat from the stern section before it too sank, and were picked up in the night by a passing Montrose sloop and brought into South Shields that same night. As news of her role in the rescue reached the public, her combination of bravery and simple virtue set her out as exemplary, and led to an uneasy role as the nation's heroine. Grace and her father were awarded the Silver Medal for bravery by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck,"
"the rescue of 33 survivors on 28 May from the coaster , which had been torpedoed by an E-boat. She made one trip to Dunkirk during the night of 28/29 May and was caught in Dunkirk harbour by German Stukas during the following day. ""Grenade"" was hit by two bombs which set her afire and killed 14 sailors and mortally wounded another four men. The ship was cast off from her berth, in case she sank there, and then drifted into the harbour channel. The trawler ""John Cattling"" towed ""Grenade"" over to the west side of the outer harbour where"
"Grace Hanagan Grace Hanagan Martyn (May 16, 1907 – May 15, 1995) was the youngest and last survivor of the sinking of the ""Empress of Ireland"" on May 29, 1914. She was one of four children (out of the 138 children on board) who survived the sinking. Edith Grace Hanagan was born in Oshawa, Ontario, on May 16, 1907 and was the daughter of Edward James and Edith Emily (Collishaw) Hanagan. Later she moved with her parents to Toronto because her father was the bandmaster of the Salvation Army. On May 28, 1914, Grace's father was taking her and her"
"the night but four had been swept away shortly before the arrival of Grace and William. Forty-three passengers and crew, including the captain and his wife, perished. Both William and Grace received the RNLI’s Silver Medal in 1838 - the first recipients of this new award. They also received the Gold Medallion from the Royal Humane Society, while Grace additionally received silver medals from the Glasgow Humane Society and the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society. A first inquest on 11 September found that the ship was ""wrecked due to the imperfections of the boilers and the culpable negligence of Captain"
"Luce, however, was largely exculpated; he had not sought to save himself, had gone down with his ship, and had survived largely by chance. When he arrived in New York by train from Quebec, on October 14, he was greeted as a hero. The probable number of survivors from SS ""Arctic"" is 88, of whom 24 (including the French fisherman François Jassonet) were passengers. This figure includes 45 in Baalham's Newfoundland party, 32 rescued by ""Huron"", 10 picked up by ""Cambria"", and a passenger, Thomas Fleury, whose survival was not known until 1860. Alexander Brown names 85 survivors, but includes"
"initiative to search for survivors. She was able to rescue 38 men from , including Jack Dowding, the convoy commodore, and 29 from the US-American , that had been disabled by German bombers. Returning to Matochkin, ""Lotus"" and her companions escorted the eight ships there to Archangel, arriving on 11 July, although two were sunk by aircraft before reaching port. From Archangel, and with two other ships under the leadership of Comm. Dowling, ""Lotus"" helped to find and escort six more ships in the White Sea, and brought them to Archangel. She returned to Britain in September 1942 with Convoy"
"fire that destroyed her. Douglas Clavering Captain Douglas Charles Clavering RN FRS (8 September 1794 – mid-1827) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and Arctic explorer. Clavering was born at Holyrood House, the eldest son of Brigadier-General Henry Mordaunt Clavering (1759–1850) and Lady Augusta Campbell (1760–1831), the daughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll. His grandfather was Lieutenant-General John Clavering, who had served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from 1774. Despite his impeccable military antecedents Clavering elected to serve in the Navy. Joining at a young age, he served as a midshipman under Sir Philip Broke in the frigate"
"and Garrett Biblical Institute were watching the shore on the morning of September 8, looking for survivors. One of the students, Edward Spencer, is credited with rescuing 17 passengers over the course of six hours. He sustained injuries during his rescue efforts that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. A plaque in his honor was first placed in the Northwestern University Gymnasium, and is now housed in the Northwestern University Library. About 300 people died in the sinking, including Captain Wilson, who was lost trying to save two women when he was caught by the surf"
"water or were injured. The vessel sank quickly fifteen miles south of Isle Royale Light. Alerted by the SOS, the steamers ""Wilfred Sykes"", ""Joseph H. Thompson"" (then the largest ship on the lakes), ""D.M. Clemson"", ""D.G. Kerr"", ""William E. Corey"", and the Canadian ship ""Hochelaga"", conducted a search for survivors. The ""Joseph H. Thompson"" found the life raft and 6 men taking refuge in it. The ""D.M. Clemson"", under the command of Captain Arthur M. Everett, found one life boat. In heavy winds and rough seas, Captain Everett carefully maneuvered the ""Clemson"" to put the lifeboat in the ship's lee"
"her seventh patrol she shocked the world by sinking the , one of eight ships in six days from Convoys SC-3 and OB-213. On board the liner were 90 children being evacuated to Canada under the Children's Overseas Reception Board's initiative. The sinking ship took on an immediate list, thus preventing the launching of many of the life-rafts and trapping numerous crew and passengers below decks. As a result, many of the 400 people on board were unable to escape. As hundreds of survivors struggled in the water, the U-boat's powerful searchlight swept once over the chaotic scene, before she"
"of anchor chains etc.) being misplaced, and the anchors could not be dropped in time. The ""Jessie Darling"" was refloated in January 1908 repaired and put back in service in November. Meanwhile, the ""Grace Darling"" had been purchased as her replacement went into service in March 1908. The ""Templemore"", a ship he chartered to carry wheat to Britain was wrecked in 1893. An infamous South Australian wreck was that of the in Investigator Strait west of Troubridge Point in 1909, when 30 men were drowned. She was also carrying John Darling's wheat. In 1890 the ""Jessie Darling"" took part in"
"six of ""Varangberg""'s crew who were clinging to rafts and floating wreckage. The merchant ship saved another three of ""Avoceta""s crew. ""Avoceta""s survivors were Admiral Creighton and five of his Royal Navy staff, her Master Harold Martin and 22 of his crew, two DEMS gunners and 12 passengers. A day later sank ""Cervantes"", killing eight people, but the merchant ship rescued 32 including ""Cervantes"" three survivors from ""Avoceta"". ""Jasmine"" and ""Periwinkle"" landed their survivors at Milford Haven, Wales. 123 people from ""Avoceta"" and 21 crew from ""Varangberg"" were lost. ""Avoceta""s dead included 43 crew, nine Navy staff, four DEMS gunners"
"Grace Bussell Grace Vernon Drake-Brockman (née Bussell; 1860 – 7 October 1935), commonly referred to as Grace Bussell, was a woman from Western Australia. In 1876, as a 16-year-old, she was involved in the rescue of the SS ""Georgette"", for which she was awarded the Royal Humane Society's Silver Medal. Grace was born to the well-known and prosperous Bussell family. At age 7, she discovered Wallcliffe cave. Lauded by the press at the time of the rescue, she became known as 'The Grace Darling of the West', (after an Englishwoman who had rescued people in similar circumstances). She was awarded"
"up 276 survivors from the merchant St. Essylt, which was torpedoed by U-375 off of Algeria. She was scrapped in 1950 at Grays. HMS Honeysuckle (K27) HMS ""Honeysuckle"" was a that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. The ship was commissioned on 31 August 1939 by Harland and Wolff from Port Glasgow in Scotland. On 20 September 1941, HMS ""Honeysuckle"" picked up 51 survivors from the CAM ship ""Empire Burton"", which was torpedoed by the German U-boat ""U-74"". That same day, she picked up"
"the vessel hindered attempts to launch the remaining boats. In the eight minutes the ship took to sink, only seven lifeboats were launched. Rough seas and inexperienced rowers swamped most of the boats. Only 32 survivors were reported. A total of 162 people were killed, including the Captain — Bernard Burt, eight nurses of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, seven Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) medical officers and 47 medical orderlies. Of the hospital patients being treated on board, a total of 99 died. The matron of ""Glenart Castle"", Miss Kate Beaufoy (1868–1918), was among those killed in"
"K’gari down from heaven to create the land and mountains, rivers and sea. K’gari fell in love with the earth’s beauty and did not want to leave it. So Yendingie changed her into a heavenly island – Fraser Island."" The name Fraser Island comes from Eliza Fraser and her story of survival from a shipwreck on the island. Captain James Fraser and his wife, Eliza Fraser, were shipwrecked on the island in 1836. Their ship, the brig ""Stirling Castle"", set sail from Sydney to Singapore with 18 crew and passengers. The ship was holed on coral while travelling through the"
"many occasions, she went to the aid of torpedoed ships, rescuing survivors and carrying them into port. On 8 October 1918, she picked up a total of 103 survivors, 25 from a merchantman and 78 from the . ""Fanning"" passed in review before President Woodrow Wilson on board the transport in Brest Harbor on 13 December, then remained at Brest until March of the following year. After a quick voyage to Plymouth, England, ""Fanning"" departed Brest for the States, by way of Lisbon, Portugal, and Ponta Delgada, Azores, in company with several other destroyers, and escorting a large group of"
"died at this time, while others indicate the cook survived the ordeal. By the 65th day, only two survivors remained. On June 19, 1812, Captain Casneau and either the cook or a crewmember named Samuel Badger, were rescued by Captain Featherstone of the British ship ""Fame"", en route to London from Rio de Janeiro. The crew were picked up 600 leagues (3,330 kilometers) west of Marrakesh, having drifted over two thousand miles across the Atlantic. On July 9, the survivors were transferred to the brig ""Dromero"" and taken back to the United States. The story of the ""Polly"" is mentioned"
"that ""Diamond"" had not returned to Souda Bay and was not answering radio signals. ""Wryneck"" had been ordered to keep radio silence so no attempt was made to radio her. Pridham-Wippell sent the destroyer to the position where ""Slamat"" had been lost. She found 14 survivors in two Carley floats that night, more floats and another four survivors in the morning, and took the survivors to Crete. The last living survivor from ""Slamat"", Royal Army Service Corps veteran George Dexter, states that after ""Wryneck"" was sunk he and three other men were rescued by the cruiser . 24 survivors in"