LS45 Lifeboat Station Redcar N. Yorks (historic) Multi-Cache

A fairly straightforward offset multi cache with the final placed a short walk or drive away.

You will need to exercise caution as the area can be very busy.

You will need to bring your own writing implement to prove that you have found the cache.

History

The Redcar lifeboat station has the distinction of being one of the oldest of all the lifeboat stations maintained round the coasts of the British Isles. It is in fact older than the Institution itself by over 20 years, being established in 1802.

The first lifeboat was built at Tynemouth in 1789. Her builder was Henry Greathead. The lifeboat Original was on service for over forty years until she was dashed on to rocks and broken in two. She was a 30ft open rowing boat and had no means of ridding herself of water other than by baling. In the next 14 years Greathead built 31 lifeboats to the same model. One of these was the Zetland built in 1800 and stationed at Redcar two years later. She easily surpassed the long service of her elder sister Original, and actually carried out a service in 1880 when no other lifeboat was available rescuing the crew of the brig Luna. This lifeboat is still preserved at Redcar.

The station was maintained by the Tyne Tees Lifeboat Society until it was taken over by the Institution in 1857.

In the early days the assembly signal for the Redcar crew was an alarm drum and the lifeboat was drawn on a carriage by 20 horses.

The Cache

The co-ordinates will take you to the former lifeboat station which is now the lifeboat museum and well worth a visit.

You will need to look around for a black memorial plaque on the east wall of the museum to work out the necessary data.

The cache can be found at:-

Where:-

• A = The fourth number on the plaque.
• B = The number of letters in his surname.
• C = The last number on the plaque.
• D = The first number on the plaque.
• E = The number of letters in his first forename MINUS the number of letters in his second forename.
• F = The eighth number on the plaque.

Checksum (for the numbers you need to calculate) is 20.

To see a list of the 233 current Lifeboat Station throughout the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, please click here.

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