Shipwrecks of Robin Hood's Bay

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Year Date Name Type Location or Description
1686     Plosher 5 Drowned See play.
1688     Coble 3 Drowned trying to save life at a ship wreck.
1690     Plosher 5  Drowned.
1763 October 3rd "Richard"   Robin Hood's Bay.
1799     Brig On Peak Steel.
1821 November 4th "Jane"   Ravenscar.
1821 December 3rd "Hellegina"   Assisted to Whitby.
1824 May 11th "Dogger Bank"   Wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay.
1828 December 1st "Henry" Brig Ness Side.
1828 December 4th "The Union"   Near Robin Hood's Bay.
1829 April 28th "Ester" Brig 7 Saved. Awarded Gold Medallion.
1833 September 5th "Ann and Susannah"   Ran ashore during a NE gale.
1836 October 13th "Adelina"   Stranded near Bay.
1837 February 25th "Ariadne"   Stranded near Bay.
1839 February 14th "Gilsand"   Sunk Robin Hood's Bay.
1839       Properly designed Lifeboat came to Bay
1840 July 4th "Cheerly"   Stranded near Bay.
1841 February 18th "Maraton"   Sunk off Bay.
1842 October 18th "Three Sisters"    
1843 February 4th "Anne" Brig Lieutenant Lingard drowned.
1843 December 28th   Schooner Owned by Fowler, of Whitby was seen by the "Caesar" to founder, with all hands, off Bay.
1845 December 24th "Jane"   Stranded near Bay.
1850  Manby's Mortar Bay LifeSavingApp est   introduced to Whitby about 1816.
1851 June 19th "Bethel"   Stranded near Bay.
1852 January 25th "Grove"   Foundered off Bay.
1852 September 28th "Celerity"   Stranded near Bay.
1854 October 10/17th "Emporioum" Barque Driven shore in gale, four of the crew lost.
1855 April 10th "Elizabeth" Schooner Ashore at Robin Hood's Bay in blizzard.
1855   "Enterprise"? Brig Ashore, got off by steam tug Hilda.
1857 January 10th "George" Schooner Ashore South of Bay
1857 January 10th "Mary's and Ann" Schooner Wreckage
1859 December 14th "Anne" Schooner Stranded near Bay.
1859 December 17th Five vessels Brig Ashore at Ness. All refloated.
1860 January 26th "Hebe"    
1860 January 26th Ten light vessels   Ashore at Ness in heavy snow showers.
1860 January 29th "Mary Mae" Brig Ashore North Cheek.
1860 October 12th "Enterprize"?   Stranded 1 mile South of Bay.
1860 December 1st Wreckage   Washed up on beach.
1861 January 29th "Alpha", "Amanda" and "Malone" Schooner Aground in fog.
1861 February 9th "Graces","Julia" and "Gierdina Harmina" Brig Driven ashore in gale.
1862 December 20th "Duke of Buccleuch" Brig Wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay.
1864 January 11th "Donna" Brig Wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay.
1871 January 5th "Elliot"   North Cheek.
1877 January 11th "Leonie"   Run down off Bay.
1874 December "Thomas & Rebecca"   Stranded near Bay.
1874 December 11th "Tyne" SS Stranded in Bay.
1876 January 27th "Juanita" Barque Watson awarded Bronze Medal
1878 April 19th "Champion"   Stranded near Bay.
1881 January 19th "Visitor"   Wrecked. Whitby Lifeboat overland.
1881 28 September "Ephaim and Hannah Fox" Lifeboat Stationed at  Robin Hood's Bay.
1885 September 21st "Annie and Matthew" Coble Two fishermen lost, one swam to safety
1888 September 26th "Perseverence" Coble Wrecked North of Bay
1889 October 14th "Margery"   Stranded near Bay.
1893 November 18th "Romulus" Brig 6 saved.
1894 April 18th "Doric" Ketch 5 saved, refloated later.
1896 February 21st "Friends" Coble Assisted by Lifeboat.
1896 December 27th "Lancet" Brig Lifeboat stood by
1897 January 20th "Londonderry" Schooner Sunk off Beast Cliff.
1898 November 13th "Umbria" Ketch Aground on Ness point, landed 6.
1898 Dececember 16th "Naddodd" SS Stranded at Bay.
1899 February 4th "Riby"   Stranded near Bay.