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Description: | The most important exhibit in the church is the Hastings fishing lugger, The Enterprise, RX 278 built in 1912 and laid up in 1954. It is the only surviving Hastings sailing lugger. Other exhibits include a horse capstan for pulling boats up the beach, ship's instruments and fittings, lanterns, port and starboard oil lamps, ship's tackle such as chains, anchors, blocks and a dead eye, much of these trawled up by local fishermen, sailmakers' and netmakers' tools and types of net in use locally. The museum also has on show the tub and oar used by Biddy Stonham to entertain visitors to Hastings between the wars, a suit worn by the Winkle King made of shells, a 19th century smugglers barrel and clay pipe pieces from the wreck of the Amsterdam. There are around thirty ship models in the collection, mostly in glass cases. Some are of identifiable Hastings luggers or other craft with local associations such as the Charles Arkcol Lifeboat. Some are fantasy models of 19th century shipping or models of well-known vessels such as the Cutty Sark and HMS Hood. The models range in date from late 19th century to modern kits. The largest example is a replica of the 16th century 'Henry Grace à Dieu', made by apprentices from the Royal Dockyard, Chatham for the Royal Tournament in 1922 and measuring 14 feet long by 16 feet high. Maritime exhibits of a more general nature include several memorials to local fishermen who have lost their lives at sea including a Book of Remembrance. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Rock-a-Nore Road
Hastings
East Sussex United Kingdom,
TN34 3DW | Telephone: | 01424 461 446 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5706 | Go to resource |
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