Lifeboat Crew Fleetwood

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iBase ID

226602

Reference identifier

nfl08072008001

Title

Lifeboat Crew Fleetwood

Place

Fleetwood

Personal names

Jefffey Wright.

General notes

Jeff Wright was awarded RNLI silver medal on 9th Oct. 1941. On 5th August 1941 the lifeboat Anne Letitia Russell launched at 12.45pm with a crew of six instead of the usual eight, to the 300 ton three masted schooner Stella Marie. She had been in difficulty since the previous day and was being driven in a strong gale onto a sandbank off Fleetwood Harbour. When the lifeboat arrived the schooner was actually on the bank. Coxswain Wright went alongside and managed to take off the eight man crew.The lifeboat's return was made more difficult by damage sustained to her rudder in the rescue.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

8.4 X 5.7 cm

Year of image

1941

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Locator

Lifeboats 1568 S

Subjects

Place Names > Fleetwood

PLACES > Coast

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