Manby Mortar

The Manby Mortar was invented by Captain George William Manby, also the inventor of the portable fire extinguisher.

The mortar fired a shot with a line attached from the shore to the wrecked ship. It was used by the Waterguard and later by H M Coastguard for many years.

The first recorded rescue using the Manby apparatus, was on 18 February 1808; with Manby himself in charge, the crew of seven were brought to safety from the Plymouth Brig Elizabeth stranded off the shore at Great Yarmouth. It was estimated that by the time of Manby's death nearly 1000 persons had been rescued from stranded ships by means of his apparatus.

In the year 1792, the Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, gave a bounty of fifty guineas to Mr. John Bell, then a serjeant, afterwards a lieutenant in the royal artillery, for his invention of throwing a rope on shore by means of a mortar from a vessel in danger of shipwreck ; and in the year 1807, the same Society furnished some further particulars, with a plate of the apparatus.

Manby

Coordinates: 53°21′30″N 0°06′01″E / 53.3583°N 0.1002°E / 53.3583; 0.1002

Manby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) east from Louth. The 2001 Census recorded a village population of 833, reducing to 759 at the 2011 Census.

Manby contains a village post office and school. Other amenities, including a primary school, the Lancaster Inn public house (formerly the Manby Arms), two village shops, and an Italian restaurant, are in the conjoined village of Grimoldby, separated from Manby by the B1200 road.

Manby scout group, the 1st Manby, has existed for 60 years. It is one of only two scout groups in the area to include all scouting sections: Beavers, aged 6–8; Cubs, aged 8–10; Scouts, aged 11½–14; and Explorers, aged 14–18. The other is the 6th Skegness.

RAF Manby

RAF Manby was situated near the village between 1938 and 1974. Houses in Manby were built for RAF personnel, with village streets named after aeroplanes. In the late 1980s the entire pre war Married Quarter estate Carlton Park was sold to a Roger Byron-Collins company.

Manby (surname)

Manby is a surname, and may refer to:

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