Assorted correspondence 1825
Includes correspondence dealing with the success of, and suggested alternatives to "Captain Manby's Apparatus" and a photocopied letter from Captain George Manby accompanied by a short biographical history.
Administrative / biographical background
The Manby apparatus was a lifesaving device, invented by Captain George William Manby after he witnessed the loss of HMS SNIPE off Great Yarmouth, with a loss of over two hundred lives, in 1807.
Administrative / biographical background
The Manby apparatus was a lifesaving device, invented by Captain George William Manby after he witnessed the loss of HMS SNIPE off Great Yarmouth, with a loss of over two hundred lives, in 1807.
Record Details
| Item reference: | RNLI/4/2 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Records of semi-governmental and non-governmental organisations |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder (53 items split into 20 paper pockets) |
| Date made: | 1825 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Assorted correspondence 1824-1827 (Manuscript) (RNLI/4/3)
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