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40_Ship Wrecks In Sandgate.pdf
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A pen & ink drawing of the sinking of the 'Benvenue' just off Sandgate in November 1891
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A photograph of the Benvenue Medal which was awarded to each member of the Lifeboat crew on the authority of Queen Victoria in 1891
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Figurehead from the Benvenue which was wrecked off Sandgate in 1891 and is now in the Bognor Regis Yacht Club
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Launch of a Life Boat undated
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Launch of the Hythe Lifeboat card dated 28.07.1910
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The 'Benvenue' with just its masts showing opposite Brewers Hill in 1891
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The Folkestone Crew who helped rescue the men from the striken 'Benvenue' November 1891
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The Hythe Crew of the life boat who went to the rescue of the stricken 'Benvenue' sailing ship in November 1891
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The Hythe Crew who went to the rescue of the 'Benvenue' and sadly lost one of their members November 1891
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The Plassey ashore at Seabrook 29th January 1883
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The sailing ship 'Benvenue' taken from a painting. Built in Glasgow bound from London to Sydney sank off Sandgate on 11th November 1891, 27 crew members were rescued by lifeboat crew who sadly lost one member
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The survivors of the crew of the three-masted ship 'Benvenue' wrecked at Sandgate 11th November 1891
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Top - The Squadron shortly before the collison - sketched from Sandgate Beach at Sandgate Bottom the Grosser Kurfust Sinking also sketched from the Beach