Category: Skylark history
All timeline stories.
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Beached at Fisherrow Harbour
Skylark IX comes loose from moorings yet again but, this time, it is thought the ropes are unfastened deliberately. Undamaged,...
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Ooops, a little nudge into HMS Lion
On a trip from Portobello, Skylark IX ‘bumps into’ wartime veteran HMS Lion in the Forth. The young skipper Angela...
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1960s – Shaping fond memories at Portobello
From the late 1950s, Skylark IX features in many fond childhood memories. As well as launching from a portable jetty...
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Serving as an emergency ferry
… as a temporary emergency ferry between Granton and Burntisland when the Forth Rail Bridge closes during the National Rail...
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Sold to Edward and Andrew Brown of Portobello
Skylark IX leaves Morecambe for Scotland when purchased by Edward and Andrew Brown, brothers from a well-known Forth seagoing family...
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Sold to William Whewell Hogarth of Morecambe
Storms damage Skylark IX again but, this time, with a ‘broken back’ she is deemed unseaworthy and written off. William...
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Aground at Morecambe
Morecambe suffers the worst gale in 15 years. The resort floods and the Yorkshire Post announces: ‘The Skylark, Morecambe’s biggest...
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Sold to Joseph Gibson Timms of Morecambe
Skylark IX is sold to Joseph Gibson Timms of Morecambe, a brave character decorated for saving a sinking ship by...
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Sold to Percival Budge Miller of Margate
After Skylark VI sinks with a crew member lost, Jake sells Skylark IX. The new owner, Percival Budge Miller of...
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Back to pleasure boating at Bournemouth
Skylark IX slides into the Bournemouth waters again and is probably one of the first seaside pleasure craft to resume...
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New responsibilities as a Barrage Balloon vessel
Northern France is occupied and Bournemouth and Poole become increasingly important strategically. Skylark IX now serves as a Barrage Balloon...
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28 May – Skylark joins Operation Dynamo
At Poole Harbour, owners of trawlers, ferry boats, motorboats and yachts are told to refuel ready to sail to Dover...