What is recorded here
On the 18th January 1881 the Brig “VISITER” ran ashore in Robin Hood's Bay. No local boat could be launched on account of the violence of the storm, so the Whitby lifeboat was brought overland past this point ~ a distance of 6 miles ~ through snowdrifts
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- steven ruffles, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Nick Mutton 01329 000000, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kim Fyson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen McCulloch, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Derek Harper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- SMJ, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Philip Barker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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