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Description: | Full hull model of the Northumberland coble 'Grace Darling' (circa 1838), a sailing fishing vessel, built at a scale of 1:12. The model, which is decked, is constructed plank on frame, and is equipped with thwarts, thole pins and a pair of oars, and inscribed ?Grace Darling? on the bows.
It was in a 21ft coble such as this that the 23-year old Grace Darling and her father, William, keeper of the Longstone lighthouse in Northumberland, undertook one of the most famous rescues of the 19th century. On the morning of 7 September 1838, the 270-ton paddle steamer ?Forfarshire? was wrecked off the Farne Islands. Grace and her father rowed almost a mile to the wreck in appalling conditions and eventually rescued nine survivors. The story of this rescue soon spread across the country and as a result, Grace became a national hero. Both Grace and her father were presented with silver medals by the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, the fore-runner of the RNLI today.
CA: BBC. It was in a 21 foot coble such as this that the 23-year old Grace Darling and her father, William, keeper of the Longstone lighthouse in Northumberland, undertook one of the most famous rescues of the 19th century. On the morning of 7 September 1838, the 270-ton paddle steamer ?Forfarshire? was wrecked off the Farne Islands. Grace and her father rowed almost a mile to the wreck in appalling conditions and eventually rescued nine survivors. The story of this rescue soon spread across the country and as a result, Grace became a national hero. Both Grace and her father were presented with silver medals by the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, the fore-runner of the RNLI today.
caption: 'Grace Darling', port boradside
caption: 'Grace Darling', starboard broadside
caption: Grace Darling | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Darling full hull ship models Grace Horsley Grace Darling | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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