Shipwrecks of Robin Hood's Bay
 

Shipwrecks of Robin Hood's Bay

 
 

Up to 1900

 
 

1900 to 2000

 
 

Life Boats

 
 

Coast Guards

 

Life Saving Apparatus

Apparatus Cart

To effect communication with a vessel in distress the rocket carrying the line is fired over the vessel. The crew of the vessel haul out the endless whip and secure the whip block to the mast or other suitable fixture on the vessel.

Rocket, Endless Whip and Block

This enables those on shore to haul out the hawser to the vessel,where it is secured above the whip block.

Triangle, Breeches Buoy, Cork Life belt, Signal Flag, etc.

The hawser is then set taut through the block on the triangle by means of the luff tackle.

Luff and Ground Anchor

The breeches buoy and endless whip are then secured to the traveller block on the hawser and those on the shore haul the buoy to and from the vessel as often as may be necessary.

Staked Rope Ladder

Particulars of the Exercise of the Rocket Apparatus during the Year ended 30 September 1872

Number

of

Paper

Date

of

Exercise

Name of Station

Direction

of

wind

Force

of

Wind

Number of

Rockets

fired

Length

of

Range

Deviation

Right-Left

Time from Firing

First Rocket to Hauling

First Man Along the Line

Number of

Men and Officers

Present

611

21 Mar 1872

Robin Hood's Bay

N.E.

7

2

350/400

2/1.5 - -

7/6

16

833

20 May 1872

Robin Hood's Bay

W.S.W

2

1

450

Direct

5

16

2154

11 Sept 1872

Robin Hood's Bay

W.S.W

4

1

300

Direct

10

15

 

The Rocket Post

Used to represent the mast of a ship during practice sessions there were "Rocket Posts" at Ravenscar, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay. The one at Bay was moved from the first field along Ness Cliffs to near the Coastguard Lookout before finally being removed for safety reasons.