Episode 3 of 4
Rowing to Survivors
- When
- 7 September 1838
- Where
- Longstone Lighthouse to Big Harcar
Grace and William Darling took a coble to rescue nine survivors, as the weather prevented the lifeboat from Seahouses from putting out.
Determining the weather was too rough for the lifeboat, they took a 21-foot Northumberland coble across to the survivors. They took a long route keeping to the lee side of the islands, a distance of nearly a mile, to reach the wreck site.
Sources
- Grace Darling Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
- Farne Islands Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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