Manby mortar
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title:
Manby mortar
text:
The Manby mortar or Manby apparatus was a maritime lifesaving device originated at the start of the 19th-Century, comprising a mortar capable of throwing a line to a foundering ship within reach of shore, such that heavier hawsers could then be pulled into place and used either to direct a rescue-boat to the ship, or, later, to mount a Breeches buoy. The apparatus was invented by Captain George William Manby, inspired by his witnessing a ship HMS Snipe (1801) run aground off Great Yarmouth in 18
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19th-century sea rescue device
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manby_mortar
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date modified:
2022-07-07T14:11:49Z
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