After 1am on Thursday, March 26th, in the light of a full moon, Ned Wickham drove a blade into the whale’s heart and killed it. The captured whale measured 92 ft (25 metres).

The film is based on the story of the 25 metre blue whale captured by Lifeboat pilot Ned Wickham outside Wexford harbour in March 1891. The skeleton of the whale named 'Hope' hangs in the …

Sep 23, 2020 · Ned Wickham was the coxswain of the Wexford Lifeboat based at the Fort, Rosslare Point, and had set out to investigate the stranded creature. Without the buoyancy of …

The Museum blue whale skeleton died in Wexford in Ireland in 1891. It was killed by lifeboat pilot Ned Wickham, whose descendants came to pay tribute.

Local fisherman Ned Wickham, coxswain of the Wexford Lifeboat based at Rosslare Point, set out to investigate the stranded creature who was suffocating under her own weight as the tide ebbed.

Sep 6, 2024 · The film is based on the story of the 25 metre blue whale captured by Lifeboat pilot Ned Wickham outside Wexford harbour in March 1891. The skeleton of the whale named …

Driftwood charcoal animation inspired by the capturing of a blue whale outside Wexford Harbour, south east Ireland, by Ned Wickham in March 1891. Drawings and animations by 5th and 6th …

A blue whale stranded at Wexford on March 25th 1891 and was spotted by Ned Wickham of Rosslare Fort. David Begley revisits this story through drawing with Scoil Mhuire National …

This online exhibition celebrates the outstanding artworks created by 5th and 6th class pupils of Scoil Mhuire, Rosslare, County Wexford during their Wexford Whale project facilitated by …

The film also features a contribution from Richard Sabin, principal curator of mammals at The Natural History Museum, London.The film is based on the story of the 25 metre blue whale …