Cultural References
In Wilkie Collins's novel The Fallen Leaves a Broadstairs boatman laments that the advent of the Ramsgate tug destroyed the rich pickings to be made by salvaging cargo from wrecks on the Goodwin Sands.
William Broome painted two pictures featuring the Ramsgate tugs: The Ramsgate pulling and sailing lifeboat being towed by the tug 'Aide' through the harbour entrance in a fierce storm, going to the rescue of the 'Indian Chief' on the Goodwin Sands, held by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Heritage Trust, and The tug 'Vulcan' towing a stricken vessel into Ramsgate with a lifeboat, held by the Maritime Museum in Ramsgate. Thomas H. Willoughby Beddowes painted 'And waited for dawn'; the Ramsgate lifeboat 'Bradford and the tug 'Vulcan' going to the rescue of the 'Indian Chief' off Long Sands, in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Heritage Trust collection. George Mears painted The tug 'Vulcan' with the Ramsgate pulling and sailing lifeboat going to the wreck of the 'Indian Chief' and The return of the tug 'Vulcan' with the Ramsgate pulling and sailing lifeboat, returning to harbour with the rescued crew from the 'Indian Chief' both with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Heritage Trust.
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