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Released:
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Origin:
North East England, United Kingdom
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Please help Henry to visit each RNLI station in the UK, as evidence please take a picture of him outside each station

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Henry Freeman (29 April 1835 – 13 December 1904) was a Whitby fisherman and lifeboatman.

Born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, Henry worked in his youth as a brickmaker. He was successful at his work rising to the position of manager. With the decline of the brick trade Henry turned to the sea and fishing.

He moved to Whitby and became a fisherman and a lifeboatman. He was the sole survivor of the 1861 Whitby lifeboat disaster when a freak wave drowned all his companions. It was his first mission and he was the only member of the crew wearing the newly developed cork flotation jacket.

Henry was a lifeboatman for more than 40 years, 22 years as coxswain. He participated in many rescues and saved many lives and became a respected ambassador for the lifeboat cause and a prominent spokesman for his fellow fishermen.

Late in life he married his deceased wife Elizabeth's widowed sister Emma, an action that was illegal at that time. He died on December 13, 1904 at the age of age 69. His story is retold in Storm Warrior by Ian Minter & Ray Shill.

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Tracking History (928mi) View Map

Mark Missing 5/1/2017 pikachu200 marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.
Dropped Off 5/19/2016 ferretmad330 placed it in Cardyke minus II East Midlands, United Kingdom - 1.47 miles  Visit Log

Safe travels
Visited 5/19/2016 ferretmad330 took it to A15 Thurlby East Midlands, United Kingdom - 15.09 miles  Visit Log

Visit
Visited 5/5/2016 ferretmad330 took it to Crown Lakes # 10 Eastern England, United Kingdom - .35 miles  Visit Log

Passing through
Visited 5/5/2016 ferretmad330 took it to Crown Lakes # 7 Eastern England, United Kingdom - 67.89 miles  Visit Log

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Visited 4/30/2016 ferretmad330 took it to Hilltop! - 4, Felbrigg Foray Eastern England, United Kingdom - 17.05 miles  Visit Log

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Retrieve It from a Cache 4/29/2016 ferretmad330 retrieved it from The Noble House Cache Eastern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Will move him to Lincolnshire
Dropped Off 4/12/2016 jenvale placed it in The Noble House Cache Eastern England, United Kingdom - 14.86 miles  Visit Log
Write note 4/12/2016 jenvale posted a note for it   Visit Log

Taken to RNLI station at Wells which is in a great spot close to a great beach.

  • Wells RNLI station
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/11/2016 jenvale retrieved it from Norfolk Haunts- On our Jolly's!! Eastern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Taken from cache near Old Hunstanton lifeboat station, will hopefully be near another station before we leave Norfolk.
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