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+ | *[http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/grace_darling_museum Grace Darling Museum] Bamburgh Northumberland | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rnli.org.uk/Shorething/Youth/Crew/archives.aspx Shore Thing. Crew Member Archives of the RNLI] | ||
*[http://www.whitby-yorkshire.co.uk/lifeboat/lifeboats.htm A Site Dedicated to The Lifeboat Men of Whitby Who Lost Their Lives in 1861] | *[http://www.whitby-yorkshire.co.uk/lifeboat/lifeboats.htm A Site Dedicated to The Lifeboat Men of Whitby Who Lost Their Lives in 1861] | ||
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*[http://www.lymeregis.com/lifeboat/ Lyme Regis] | *[http://www.lymeregis.com/lifeboat/ Lyme Regis] | ||
+ | *[http://www.mumbleslifeboat.org.uk/news/index.htm The Mumbles] | ||
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+ | *[http://portpatricklifeboat.co.uk/text/the_archives.htm Portpatrick] | ||
*[http://www.ramsgatelifeboat.org.uk/ Ramsgate] | *[http://www.ramsgatelifeboat.org.uk/ Ramsgate] | ||
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*[http://www.whitstablelifeboat.org.uk/ Whitstable] | *[http://www.whitstablelifeboat.org.uk/ Whitstable] | ||
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Revision as of 08:32, 2 November 2007
Contents
General Links
- John's Nautical and Boatbuilding Pages Lots of links
- Dictionary of Disasters at Sea 1824 - 1962 Although this is a French site, the Dictionary is in English. It includes steam ships, sailing ships and ships of war lost in action.
Old Nautical Terms
- Nautical abbreviations Taken from The Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions 1913
Merchant Shipping
- Maritime History of the Merchant Sailing Ships of the North West of England and the Isle of Man, through the period from the late 1700's until the First World War
- The Crew List Merchant seafarers on British registered ships between 1861 and 1913.
Old Shipping Companies
Place Specific
Lighthouses
Lifeboats
- Grace Darling Museum Bamburgh Northumberland
Many other Lifeboat stations have their own history sites, often with old Crew Lists and Photographs - these include:-
Coastguards
Coastal Defences
- The Palmerston Forts Society Forts in Portsmouth Area
Smuggling
Shipwrecks
The Fishing Industry
Shipbuilding
Miscellaneous
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